The Financial Times have a blog in which you can find news and interviews about top women in business called Women at the top.
I was very interested in reading an interview about Pip Mc Crostie who is the Vice chairwoman of transaction advisory services at Ernst and Young. She is originally from New Zealand but she lives now in London with her husband and son.
I recommend you to read this article. Here is an extract of two good questions and answers.
“Is money important to you?
What I get to do is much more important. I’d never take a job for the money. But I’m not going to do a job for nothing, and I’d negotiate if I felt the pay was unfair.
Corporate finance and private equity are still very male dominated — was it hard being a woman?
What attracted me was the business angle, and the fact that I don’t tend to see barriers. It was a nascent business 15 years ago – and, yes, very male dominated. However, I was aware that being a woman was an advantage as clients never forgot you; if they got on with you, it was a positive advantage.”
What can I say about this?
Despite of many campaigns against pay gap, women are still less paid than men for the same work. Some people say that women do not ask a pay rise or they do not negotiate for their salary during a job interview. It is time to change this!
Only 12 of the FTSE company directors are female in UK. Not enough women ask for a mentor to help them to succeed in their career. It is obvious we have to learn how to run a board in a big company.
To read the interview click on www.ft.com/
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