The Seat for Corporate

Your next director is already inside the business.

Businesses have promised more women in senior roles, and progress is slow. Meanwhile the women who are ready sit inside your business, unsponsored and unseen. The Seat gives them the time, the sponsorship and the method to step up, with results you can measure.

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The case, in plain words

Here is what the research says.

29% to 37%

Senior female representation in UK financial services rose from 29% to 37% over ten years. That is progress, at about a point a year.

HM Treasury, Women in Finance Charter 10 Year Review, 2026.

18%

External hires are paid about 18% more than people promoted from within, and they are rated lower for their first two years.

Wharton research, investment banking data.

34% v 44%

34% of senior women in financial services said they had received career advice from a manager or senior leader, against 44% of men.

McKinsey, Closing the gap, 2018.

Sources: Women in Finance Charter 10 Year Review, Why External Hires Get Paid More and Perform Worse, Wharton, Closing the gap, McKinsey.

What The Seat does

A six week programme, delivered on site in your offices. Each woman:

1

Diagnoses what is holding her back and records a baseline.

2

Wins back her time by using AI on her real work.

3

Spends that time on visibility and strategy, putting her experience in front of the people who decide.

4

Is matched with a senior sponsor in your business.

5

Leaves with a community of women at her level behind her.

What we measure together

We agree the measures with you at the start, and we track them for twelve months.

Promotion

Women put forward for promotion.

Speed

Time to promotion.

AI use

How much of their real work now uses AI.

Retention

Who is still with you after twelve months.

What we ask of you

A named sponsor for each participant, who can give an hour or two of their time each month.

Agreement to track the four measures together, and to share the results as a case study, with your approval.

Founding corporate partners

We are opening The Seat to a small number of founding corporate partners. Tell us about your business, and we will talk it through.

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