It’s been an exciting couple of months at Jane Smith Financial Planning.

As a firm, I’m delighted that my firm has this month signed up to the Women in Finance Charter, committing to supporting the progression of women into senior roles.

The Chartered Insurance Institute to run a series of diversity and inclusion events with local institutes to celebrate and explain the benefits of diversity and inclusion for the profession during the ‘DiveIn’ festival in September.

 FCA chief executive Andrew Bailey has delivered a keynote speech on the ‘wealth of diversity’ - urging more organisations to follow the FCA’s lead in increasing representation of women and minorities.