Bank of Asia’s president Lisa Lou lauds the financial services industry for its progress in gender diversity but she warns against the risk of strictly mandating the matter, in a conversation with finews.asia.
Women in the financial sector continue to be spotlighted as employees of choice with an ever-growing focus on gender diversity in the industry. But history tells us that there are often perils attached to strict top-down mandates delivered in the name of the greater good, especially when presumptions of alignment are taken for granted and not tested.
Bank of Asia’s Lisa Lou noted that while some of the unique benefits of…