Throughout her career with Canada’s leading international bank, Linda has been a passionate advocate for gender diversity and women’s inclusion. Over the last two years, Linda continued to use her position of influence to create meaningful change. She championed D&I by making it a key priority in HSBC’s strategy approved by the Board in November 2021 and supported the creation of a D&I Dashboard, including targets for women leaders, to drive accountability and measure progress. Linda endorsed improvements to employee benefits supporting women, including flexible/hybrid work, market-leading maternity benefits, parental leave, and family-building benefits. Additionally, she set a 50% promotion target for women in senior leadership, which was achieved in 2020. Furthermore, Linda has been mentoring and sponsoring female talent, actively hosting exchange sessions and other employee-led meetings on challenges experienced by women, and challenging her leadership team to increase women’s representation in their respective succession plans.
