Making women count in the accountancy profession is not going to be an easy fix, says Professor Nelarine Cornelius.
Opening the ‘Women in Accountancy’ event at Queen Mary University of London, she stressed it is difficult to make progress when there are people determined to get in your way!
She is concerned some firms in the City of London are still able to bully and harass women with impunity, hiding behind non-disclosure agreements. And, this is not what non-disclosure agreements were designed for, and that has to change too.
That is not to say there aren’t good things happen in the city, pointed pout Professor Nelarin. But, there are still too many organisations that don’t see the problem.
Professor Nelarine felt there are now many women and men who know it is in everyone’s interest to see women in the top jobs too, and while some may resist women are on their way!
The Lunch-time speakers joining Professor Nelarine Cornelius (Associate Dean, People Culture & Inclusion at QMUL), included Arlyne Chinyanganya (CIMA qualified), founder of Roots to Fruits, Lorriane Twist (National director, Hays Accountancy & Finance), and Ashwini Poopalasingham (ACA PQ, QMUL Alumni at PKF Littlejohn)
