At the NatWest Group Gender Network Lauren has taken on the roles of Strategy Committee Lead, East Regional Lead, and Comms & Marketing Deputy Lead. Her D&I work includes building an internal awards support hub to encourage more women at NatWest to nominate themselves for awards. As a result in 2020 the bank saw an uplift of over 40 women being shortlisted for awards externally. In addition the financial capability program she developed to support women with closing financial gaps helped almost 1000 women with managing their finances, and the Lean In program she launched currently has 13 circles running with 200 people involved. Other programs Lauren has kickstarted include Google’s #IAmRemarkable initiative, which involved 31 facilitators delivering workshops to over 400 colleagues in less than three months. As well as being an Inclusion Champion, Lauren was a winner of the bank’s 2021 Amethyst Award for Gender Inclusion.
