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Freshfields and A&O Shearman Leaders Join Group to Boost UK’s Finance Sector
Source: Financial News
Freshfields’ senior partner Georgia Dawson and Rathbones’ wealth chief executive Camilla Stowell are among 23 members of a new leadership council set up by Women in Banking & Finance.
WIBF, a non-profit that promotes diversity and gender equality in UK financial services, has brought together a group of leaders to focus on the growth, innovation and global competitiveness of the country’s finance sector, it said in a statement.
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