Asia's women bankers making inroads

Chinese girl power and bank efforts to attract and retain a more diverse staff and leadership are slowly narrowing the gender gap in Asia.

When Kathy Matsui started working at the Tokyo office of Goldman Sachs in 1994 she used to joke: “I started out with three strikes against me: young, foreign and female.” Her rivals were overwhelmingly middle-aged Japanese males at large domestic brokerage firms.

¬ Haymarket Media Limited. All rights reserved.

Sign in to read on!

Registered users get 2 free articles in 30 days.

Subscribers have full unlimited access to FinanceAsia.

Not signed up? New users get 2 free articles per month, plus a 7-day unlimited free trial.

Questions?
See here for more information on licences and prices, or contact [email protected].

Share our publication on social media
Share our publication on social media