Monday 24th November 2008
Finance jobs - Women 'better' at finance jobs
 More banks should employ women in top finance jobs as they would be better at handing the current economic crisis, according to an expert.
Ruth Sealy, co-author of a report by the Cranfield School of Management, said that an increasing number of females should be offered finance jobs because the fact that the industry is male dominated could have contributed to the credit crunch.
Ms Sealy told the Financial Times: "We might not be in quite such a dire situation if there had been more females on the boards of banks.
"The evidence is that women are not more risk averse, but they are more risk aware."
Female candidates should be considered for new board positions in recapitalised banks during the current turmoil in the finance industry, according to the report.
The report revealed that Alliance Trust was the most inclusive company, having employed three women on its board of directors.
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