Hi Everyone.

I am delighted and at the same time absolutely blown away to have been nominated for the ‘Special Hero Award’ at next week’s Fashion Ball.

I have no idea who nominated me (thank you whoever you are) but I understand this is in recognition of my work as Co-Chair at Smart Works, a Leeds based Women’s employability charity, alongside my appointment to the Board of the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter (WIFC).

You all know I am passionate about supporting women as they navigate their careers in both Financial Services, and the wider world. Smart Works is a Leeds based women’s employability charity; we have supported over 700 women from around West Yorkshire in the last year alone. 72% of our clients , gained employment within a month of accessing our service. I am sure you will agree that this is an incredible achievement.

We (Campbell & Fletcher) have been signatories of the WIFC since its inception. The WIFC is a government led Board, that is committed to improving the performance of Financial Services companies against their targets for DE & I. As a Board member I am so proud to be part of a team that is working hard to support our members in improving their female senior management representation. Average senior management representation in 2017 was 30%; in 2022 it was 35%. An incredible improvement. Still a way to go.

As you can imagine these additional responsibilities alongside mentoring some female entrepreneurs make for a challenging diary.

I am so lucky that Alison provides so much practical support, managing much of the day-to-day responsibilities of running our awesome recruitment business. It means I am able to support both Smart Works and the WIFC, at the same time also supporting the needs of our amazing clients.

Below is a link to the full nominations and if you would like to support my nomination, I would be so grateful if you could take literally 2 minutes to vote for me.

Hope to see some of you very soon.

Thank you, and much love.

Tracy