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The 24/7 culture in the banking sector in the City of London is making it very hard for women to balance family and work. Not enough women are making it to the top as a result to the detriment of the companies. But it does not have to be that way.

Guardian Sept 7 2008; Women in banking jobs ‘forgo having children’
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Herta von Stiegel

Chairman, Stargate Capital Investment Group

“I have led some of the most complex deals in corporate finance, and I can tell you there is no need to push 24/7. If you are organised, you can structure yourself better. The system was created by men, for men. We do not want the same treatment as men; we want to cater for people’s diversity. In my view, that takes enlightened men and brave women.”
(The Guardian, September 7, 2008)