International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8th March, serves as a global platform to recognise the achievements of women and advocate for gender equality. On the journey to gender equality, the professional services industry has grappled with both a gender promotion gap and pay gap. Understanding why that is the case is very complex and multifaceted.

In this article for TL4 Women in FIRE, Amanda Stephens explores some of the possible contributing factors to the promotion and pay gaps in the consulting and legal industries and provides some suggestions for how professionals and organisations collectively can help to bridge these gaps. Read the article here.