Women in Finance Charter
Driving progress for women in leadership
When we signed up to the Women in Finance Charter in March 2017, we had 16% senior female representation (Executive Director and above) across EMEA. As of July 2025, we have achieved 28.4% female representation in this population.
While we are proud of our progress, there is no room for complacency and increasing senior female representation remains a key priority for SMBC.
We have found that targets play a valuable role in ensuring sustained focus on increasing representation. Our current Women in Finance Charter target is to have female representation at Executive Director and above of 30% by 2027
in EMEA. This target will be achieved through a combination of ensuring balanced recruitment and progressing internal talent. We focus on the population at Executive Director and above to ensure we are building a strong pipeline for senor leadership roles in the future. Progress towards achieving this target, as well as wider actions to support diversity, equity and inclusion is linked to Executive performance and compensation.