Recognise unconscious bias to improve diversity - panel at PA360

'Stripping onion layers down'

Sophie King
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The financial services profession needs to recognise and address unconscious bias within businesses in order to maximise their potential, according to a diversity panel at PA360.

Panellist Karis Stander told delegates at Professional Adviser's flagship conference yesterday (25 April) that reaching, inspiring and driving young people to widen access and promote entry opportunities to the advice profession was important. The Investment 20/20 managing director said the sector needed to understand the "value of diversity" when it comes to complex decision making. "We are much more likely to have a creative solution when it is a diverse group," she added. Fellow panellist Para-sols paraplanner Zoe Webb explained how she entered the advice sector as one of few women...

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