The Building Societies Association was proud to sign up to the Women in Finance Charter in 2017.  We originally committed to work to increase the number of women, as the under-represented gender in our small leadership team, to 30% by 2021, and were delighted to have exceeded the target in advance of that date, during 2020.

Our positive action includes an insistence on gender balanced  diverse long lists from any recruitment agencies that we work with.  

The BSA already operates equal opportunity employment policies.  We do not discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin or disability in the employment of staff, or in our consideration of candidates for employment at any level.

The BSA works to ensure there is also equality of opportunity, regardless of hours worked.  All conditions of service, including pay and staff benefits, transfer and promotion opportunities apply on a fair and equal basis to every member of staff.

Our 2025 Update

We are pleased to report that 57% of our full time senior management team are female. 

We remain 100% committed to fostering broad workplace diversity, equity and inclusion and the Women in Finance Charter. 

For more information on the Women in Finance Charter, please visit the Gov.uk website.