Lobby group picks BoE headhunter to find boss after sexism row

  • Date: 03-Jul-2020
  • Source: SkyNews
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Lobby group picks BoE headhunter to find boss after sexism row

The headhunter which was asked to identify female candidates to become the next Bank of England governor is to find a new chief for the City's most influential lobbying group amid a sexism row.

Sky News has learnt that Sapphire Partners, which has built a reputation for producing diverse shortlists for traditionally male-dominated boardroom roles, has been hired to recruit a new chief executive of UK Finance.

Sapphire's appointment comes just over a fortnight after Stephen Jones resigned from the role because of remarks he had made 12 years ago about Amanda Staveley, the prominent financier.





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Stephen Jones quit over historic remarks he made about Amanda Staveley



City sources said that some directors of UK Finance, which represents Britain's banks, mortgage lenders and payment firms, were pushing for it to name a female successor to Mr Jones.

Among the possible candidates being touted for the job by bank executives is Charlotte Crosswell, the chief executive of Innovate Finance, a board member of UK Finance and a respected figure in the financial services industry.



Ms Crosswell is, however, on the nominations committee that will oversee the appointment, and so is not understood to be interested in the post.

Baroness Morgan, the former