Tanja Velling

From 2017 to mid-2024, Tanja was the Chair and co-Chair of Slaughter and May’s Gender Equality Network (GEN), growing the network to over 100 members. In this role, she has been involved in the organization of various campaigns and events to create a sense of community and raise awareness. These included informal networking sessions, informational and inspirational talks, an art exhibition to celebrate International Women’s Day, panel events to demystify different career journeys in the legal sector and breast cancer awareness campaigns. Tanja also spearheaded the organisation of a joint International Women’s Day celebration for Women in Tax and certain other organizations in the UK tax sector, tutors maths as part of the Access Project and has been a mentor through various schemes, including the 30% Club’s cross-company mentoring program.