Women on Top: Should the EU be imposing gender quotas in the UK?

Time:

  • 14/08/2013
    17:30
An Evening Panel Discussion:

Should a seat in the boardroom be based on merit…or gender?

Should companies make board appointments in the interests of shareholders, customers and employees … or in the name of political correctness?

Or is this a necessary way of correcting imbalances in the UK’s senior management structures?

Please join our distinguished panel of experts for an exploration of this controversial and topical issue.

on:                   Wednesday 14 August

from:               6.30pm-8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception

at:                   2 Lord North Street, Westminster, SW1P 3LB (door on Great Peter Street)

Panellists:

Chair: Ruth Lea, Economist

Janice Atkinson, WomenOn.org, journalist

Godfrey Bloom MEP, member of Gender and Equality Committee, European Parliament

Dr Clare Gerada, Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital

Jo Fairley, founder, Green and Black’s chocolate

Professor Len Shackleton, Buckingham University and IEA Fellow

RSVP: by email or 020 7799 8900