30% Club's Smits on pushing for parity and moving 'beyond the boardroom'

One year in the role

Katrina Lloyd
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Ahead of International Women’s Day, Hanneke Smits, CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management, speaks to Investment Week about her first year as global chair of the 30% Club and priorities for the future.

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