Voice of Experience: Joanne Kinsella, Managing Director, ITRS America

Joanne_Kinsella_168_resized[1]by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)

When asked how she ended up in the financial technology industry, Jo Kinsella, managing director of ITRS America quickly answers: “Pure unadulterated chance.”

Indeed, her career path has wound through industries and countries, starting with French proficiency upon graduation from university from Leeds, England. And although she was able to write a thesis in the language, Kinsella did not want to be a translator. Without much office experience, she went to work as an office temp for Carlton Television but was soon promoted to full-time events manager, organizing and running corporate events, hospitality, and public relations for the shows they did around England.

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Bonuses: Are You Getting a Fair Deal?

By Elizabeth Harrin (London)Rich

Ever wondered why we still have the gender pay gap? Well, women receive around 80 per cent less in performance related pay than their male colleagues in some of the UK’s top finance companies – and that is a large chunk of why women’s salaries differ from their male counterparts.

An inquiry into the finance sector by the U.K.’s Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that women are much worse off when it comes to receiving bonuses. The average performance related payout for female employees was just £2,875 compared to an average of £14,554 for men. It’s not simply a few highly paid men, or a skew toward women in administrative roles on low salaries, either. There was a gender pay gap for men and women in the same grade or job category – where both sexes are assumed to be doing the same actual job – in 63 per cent of cases.

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