41 diverse industries going . So what ? How do we fix this ? Do we even need to ?
Let ’ s start with the first gender issue . A study last year revealed that less than 30 % of the UK ’ s fintech workforce was female .
When I speak to fintech founders about gender diversity in their companies , they nearly always say they simply don ’ t get equal numbers of applications from men and women , and that the people they hire are a reflection of the applicants .
That ’ s passing the buck a little . As a founder you might wonder why so few women want to work for your company . You might spot the problem and try to over-index on female hires relative to applications . Or you might have women
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