Yasmine Chinwala is a partner at capital markets think tank New Financial, which launched in September 2014 (www.newfinancial.eu). New Financial contributed data to the government-backed Gadhia Review of senior women in UK financial services, and HM Treasury’s data partner to monitor the progress of signatories to the HMT Women in Finance Charter. She is also vice chair of the Women in Finance Charter Industry Board.

Yasmine firmly believes that diversity in its broadest sense is not only an essential part of running a sustainable business but a fundamental part of addressing cultural change. She leads New Financial’s diversity and culture programme. Our research covers ground-breaking work on diversity disclosure, diversity from an investor’s perspective, and measuring female representation on boards and executive committees across financial markets. Our most recent research includes Diversity from an Investor’s Perspective, Diversity and Culture, Diversity in Portfolio Management as well as improving understanding of the interaction between diversity and risk, and diversity and sustainability.

Yasmine started her career as a financial journalist. She worked for industry weekly Financial News for 10 years, starting out as a reporter before joining the online editing team in London and New York. From 2008-2013 she ran FN’s features desk, in charge of the publication’s flagship FN100 Most Influential, FN100 Women and Rising Stars lists. She has a BSc in Economics from the LSE and a keen interest in behavioural economics and organisational psychology.