Media & Articles
Deborah is a regular commentator on investment stewardship, corporate governance, gender diversity, sustainability and the importance of networking for female professional advancement.
Breaking down barriers: The importance of women’s networks
Article for Responsible Investor for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023
WeAreTheCity Top 50 trailblazers in gender equity
Deborah was recognised in WeAreTheCity’s 2023 list of top 50 trailblazers in gender equity, published on 1 March 2023
Trends in ESG Stewardship and Engagement:
A Conversation with Deborah Gilshan
Interview with Maanch, October 2022
Every model of capitalism will need investment stewardship
Letter to the Financial Times, May 2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion video series
With Aegon Asset Management for their ESG Beyond Borders series, June 2022
Governance Game Changers
Board Intelligence series, January 2022
Driving Gender Diversity in French Companies
Contributor to report from 30% Club France Investor Group, January 2022
Ambitious female leadership target set by pressure group
Portfolio Institutional article, December 2021
Valuing Diversity
2021 Yearbook of the International Corporate Governance Network article, December 2021
Diversity: What's in a name?
Portfolio Institutional article, September 2021
The case for cognitive diversity
International Bar Association article, September 2021
ITV boss demonstrates why diversity matters
Letter to the Financial Times, September 2021
Female board members at FTSE100 companies paid 40% less than men
Financial Times article, August 2021
Big business fails to attract women to top jobs
Financial Times article, March 2021
FTSE 100 companies lag peers on anti-sexual harassment policies
Financial Times article, March 2021
The rise of impact investing
International Bar Association article, March 2021
Sky News, February 2021
Deborah appeared on Sky News in a report covering the launch of the final report of the Hampton-Alexander Review into FTSE Women Leaders.
The Ethics of Diversity
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance article, February 2021
Diversity: A New Dimension
Governance & Compliance magazine for The Chartered Governance Institute, February 2021
Citywire Gender Diversity Awards
December 2020
Juukan Gorge incident and Covid-19 pandemic highlight focus on ESG
International Bar Association, December 2020
Investors pile pressure on companies over ESG at annual meetings
Financial Times, October 2020
We need myriad solutions to achieve gender equality
Letter to the Financial Times, September 2020
The 100% Club interview with Dr Rachel Melsom
The 100% Club, June 2020
The rise of ESG engagement
International Bar Association article, June 2020
Women in the Chair Series – ‘How to be best prepared’
Warren Partners, May 2020
Jobs bonanza in stewardship and sustainable investing teams
Financial Times, March 2020
Asset managers demand companies take action on gender diversity
Financial Times, March 2020
Power of networks: why women in finance should go beyond internal policies
Citywire, March 2020
International Women’s Day: Does it matter if only a handful of women chair FTSE 100 boards?
Responsible Investor, March 2020
Diverse boards can offer greater strategic scrutiny.
Letter to Financial Times, September 2019
Who are you talking to about your money?
Tilney, November 2018
Contributor to ‘Create a Gender-balanced Workplace’
A book by Ann Francke, CEO of the Chartered Management Institute published by Penguin’s Business Experts series.
Gender diversity: an economic & strategic imperative
Aberdeen Standard Investments, Global Outlook series, September 2018
Successful women on how to get offline and network like a pro IRL
Marie Claire, June 2018
Engaging for better diversity on boards
Co-authored with Brenda Trenowden, 30% Club Global Chair, published by the Financial Reporting Council as a selection of essays to celebrate 25 years of the UK Corporate Governance Code. December 2017
Research
Reports and articles on diversity and networking are listed below.
FTSE Women Leaders Review 2023, February 2023
The research on The 100% Club was featured in the 2023 annual report of the UK Government backed FTSE Women Leaders Review, published in February 2023
The 100% Club: Collaboration over Competition – Demonstrating the Power of a Gender Based Network
Faith Borland for The 100% Club, 29 November 2022
The Ethics of Diversity
Deborah Gilshan with Mark Chambers, Institute of Business Ethics, December 2020
How Successful Women Manage Their Networks
Inga Carboni, Rob Cross, Aaron Page and Andrew Parker, September 2019
Men and Women Need Different Kinds of Network to Succeed
Brian Uzzi, Harvard Business Review, February 2019
Networks that work
Women Ahead, January 2017
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Women Supporting Each Other at Work
Anne Welsh McNulty, September 2018
Fully Connected: a look ahead to working and networking in 2020
Professor Julia Hobsbawm & EY, 2014
Podcasts
Deborah contributes her views to many industry podcasts as below:
Why asset managers are slow at initiating diversity resolutions
Citywire podcast, March 2022
Firms need to stay flexible to improve results
Citywire podcast on 2021 Alpha Female report, September 2021
The State of Diversity at Public Companies and Boards
The Sustainability Story podcast series from CFA Institute, August 2021
A shift towards sustainable finances
Money She Talked podcast series from Tilney, May 2021
How female networks across Europe power gender diversity efforts in asset management
Citywire podcast, March 2021
The Mathematics of Diversity
University of Greenwich Big Picture Seminars Podcast Series, February 2021
Diversity
Talking Responsibly podcast series, February 2021
We can’t afford to wait 200 years
Citywire podcast on 2020 Alpha Female report, September 2020
Webinars
The Ethics of Diversity from the Institute of Business Ethics – report launch webinar
A recording of the discussion on the webinar to launch the IBE report is available here. Deborah was joined by Mark Chambers from the IBE, Dr Owen Williams OBE, CEO of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Jon Miller, Partner at Brunswick Group and founder of Open For Business.
The Deal corporate governance webinar conference
Deborah contributed to a panel discussion on ‘Director Choices in a Challenging Environment’ for The Deal’s November 2020 corporate governance conference. The panel discussed diversity and the role of shareholder engagement and activism. Her fellow panellists were Jared Landaw from Barington Capital Group, Cynthia Jamison from Darden Inc, Office Depot, Big Lots Stores and Tractor Supply Company, Cassie Nielsen from VMG Partners, Preston Hopson from Tetra Tech Inc and Armie Lee from The Deal.
New Opportunities of ESG with Apex Group
Deborah joined a panel on ESG in private equity in September 2020. Her fellow panellists were: Aleen Gulvanessian from Eversheds Sunderland, Dineshi Ramesh from Board Intelligence and Matt Claxton and Andrew Pitts-Tucker from Apex Group.
Impact Investing with The WealthiHer Network
Deborah chaired a discussion on “Impact Investing: From Intent to Action” for The WealthiHer Network and Home Grown Club in July 2020. Her fellow panellists were Dr Christine Chow from Federated Hermes, Stephanie Khalef-Wassmer from JP Morgan Private Bank and Karina Jaya-Ratnam at The WealthiHer Network.