Women in Finance Charter

Alongside over 400 firms covering 1.3 million employees, the Bank is a signatory to the Women In Finance Charter. We are committed to targets to improve gender diversity in the Financial Services sector, leading the way for change.

We are proud of the overall gender balance we have created, with women representing over 50% of all roles at the Bank. However, like many other financial services organisations we recognise that there’s more we can do, particularly at senior levels.

· Kay Marjoribanks, Chief People & Culture Officer, appointed as a member of the senior executive team responsible and accountable for gender diversity and inclusion.

· We commit to a target of 40-50% of women in senior executive roles by 31 December 2026 (up from 33% as at 29 April 2024).

· We will publish progress against the targets annually in reports on our website, with the next progress update due after 30 September 2026.

· We have the intention to link the pay of the senior executive team to delivery against these gender diversity targets.

·  In September 2025, 37.5% of our senior executive role holders were female. This represents an increase of 4.5% since the Bank announced its targets in June 2024.

·  We are on track to meet our target of 40-50% of women in senior executive roles by 31 December 2026.