Bank of Valletta participates in international event in Paris on Women’s Day

Bank of Valletta recently received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to participate in an event on gender equality in the workplace organised by the French presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event was held at the Élysée Palace  on the occasion of International Woman’s Day.

Bank of Valletta was represented by Vanessa Borg, chief officer people and change.

The event was attended by a number of business leaders from the EU and included the active participation of French ministers Elisabeth Borne and Elisabeth Moreno, as well as secretaries of state Clement Beaune and Agnes Pannier-Runacher.

The day included four round-table moderated discussions followed by question-and-answer sessions on a  variety of topics revolving around professional equality between men and women, and focusing on subjects like work-life balance, as well as increasing women’s economic power. Macron addressed the meeting at the end of the discussions.

BOV was awarded the Equality Mark certification by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE), with the support of the European Social Fund (ESF) in 2011. This recognition confirms the bank’s continual...