Hypo Vereinsbank was the first bank in Germany to start its own Women’s advisory board in October 2009. The Women’s Council consists of 30 female managers and entrepreneurs. Its aim is to launch own initiatives, addressing female customers, employees and women in general. The first initiative is a mentoring program. Members of the council support selected women and junior managers on their career path. In a personal dialogue, the mentors help their mentees to recognize their own strengths and to develop skills they will need in management positions.
At Henkel we have a very agile and powerful women’s networking group that also support women in their career. In different working groups topics like mentoring and training programs were initiated and established. Once a year the networking group organizes a huge event for all female leaders within Henkel Germany – the Women’s Networking Day. [DE]
