IWD 2016: Speed Sisters at BFI Southbank with White Water Women
This year we departed from our usual International Women’s Day breakfast format: we teamed up with Birds Eye View Films/Filmonomics and the British Film Institute to sponsor a special screening of the movie Speed Sisters – the story of the the only female...
Beyond green beer: Find Your Leadership Voice on March 17th
Following the last programme’s success, we are pleased to announce that we will run another instalment of our dedicated one-day event for women on voice, presence, confidence and leadership. It runs on St Patrick’s day, so no excuse for forgetting the...
The four letter F word hiding behind every investor presentation
Investor Presentations – IPOs, Placements or PE Rounds – are both fascinating and depressing. Fascinating because the search for a better mousetrap never stops: in the last quarter, AIM has admitted companies ranging from online dating to animal genetics to pharma...
International deal of the year 2015 – François at the 2015 M&A Awards Ceremony
Celebrating the achievements of dealmakers, management teams, financiers and professional advisers, The M&A Awards are one of the most highly respected events in the market; White Water Group are one of just five corporate sponsors. François presented the award...
Women leaving organisations : bathtubs & cupcakes…
“A tap takes 20 minutes to fill an empty bathtub. The drain takes 30 minutes to empty the tub when it is full. If both the tap and the drain are opened at the same time, how long will it take to fill the empty tub?” Women are still talked about as an oddity...
Averil speaks at Leadership Foundation for Higher Education – Aurora Conference
On 21st April, Averil spoke to the Aurora Champions Role Models & Mentors Conference – organised by The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. She spoke for one hour on the subjects of Gender Diversity, Women, Men and Organisational Culture.
Averil a panellist at the She’s Back event at News UK Building, 30th April
Averil was a panellist at the She’s Back Event on 30th April. The Panel which included Matthew D’Ancona, Richard Punt, Cilla Snowball & Sarah Wood discussed the multitude of barriers that women meet when returning to work after maternity leave, as...All about women – Averil interviewed by Elaine Ball, CEO of EBTM
In today’s business world, we are hearing more and more about the glass ceiling and how women are on less pay then their male counterparts. Confidence is an issue with women generally and women have more to multi task, compared to their male colleagues. Are women...
