Maternity returner, Financial services company, one-to-one coaching on return to work.
Participant at Dads lunchtime seminar, investment bank
Shell employee & parent
P&G employee & parent
HR Manager, Procter & Gamble
HR Manager, Herbert Smith
Meet our Advisory Board
Every year we invite two of the leading thinkers or practictioners in the world of diversity/female leadership to sit on our Advisory Board
Peninah Thomson, Praesta Partners LLP
Peninah is a partner of Praesta Partners LLP, the UK's leading executive coaching firm and sponsor of the FTSE 100 Cross-Company Mentoring Programme.
She was formerly a director and then a partner of The Change Partnership, part of Whitehead Mann Group. Before that she was a director in the London office of Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Peninah began her career in the UK Foreign Office working for the Board of National Delegates of NATO in Paris. She has worked extensively with chief executives and boards in the public and the private sectors on strategy, organisational change and culture, and leadership.
Carolanne Minashi, Citi
Carolanne is Head of Diversity, Employee Relations and Employee Engagement at Citi, covering 53 countries and all Citi Business groups that make up the Europe Middle East and Africa region.
Carolanne joined Citi in 1986. Career highlights include innovating and implementing the Leadership Development curriculum for EMEA which latterly went on to become the global standard for management education for Citi; and leading the Talent Management strategy for the region, re-engineering the platform for how high potential individuals were identified and developed. In 2006 Carolanne became the Regional Head of Diversity and in 2010 her role expanded to take on the Employee Relations (ER) Function.
Carolanne's team consistently strives towards creating a culture where everyone can achieve their potential regardless of their background. Citi strives to be a market leader in this space, earning external recognition, media interest and high rankings in external benchmarking surveys.
Recognised in 1998 by the UK organisation Women in Banking and Finance with an Award for Outstanding Achievement, Carolanne is also a senior member of Citi's internal Executive Coaching Faculty and a Lead Trainer on Executive Leadership programmes.
Outside of Citi, Carolanne is married to Mark, together they have 4 children ranging from 7 to 16 years old. They also deliver Marriage Enrichment programs for the local community. Occasionally Carolanne can be found running in an attempt to keep fit!
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