Charlotte Duerden

Charlotte Duerden is a true advocate,  consistently championing women’s inclusion; driving the conversation forward as well as initiatives and action.  In her former role as UK Country Manager at American Express, Charlotte pledged to achieving a 50:50 gender balance in senior management under HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, a target achieved in 2022. As current chair of Executive Women’s Network representing all senior women across EMEA at American Express, she has driven membership, created greater engagement bringing together senior leaders and allies to enable women’s ambition and has advocated for, and influenced changes in women’s health and menopause support at the company. In addition, she is proud to be an advocate for women in payments in the industry as a regular speaker at events to inspire women to be ambitious including to a new generation of women leaders at the inaugural Women in Open Banking event earlier this year.