BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T084031Z - 6165@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20150630T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20150630T140000 CREATED:20261012T084031Z DESCRIPTION:A New Take on Talent in the Financia l Services Industry\nLight refreshments will be served. Please bring y our own lunch if you wish. A worrying 70% of financial services CEOs now s ee the limited availability of key skills as a threat to their growth pros pects\, a big jump from the already high 59% we saw last year. Businesses aren’t just competing for seasoned FS professionals\, but also the more diverse and hybrid types of talent demanded in a sector facing the disrupt ive impact of new technology\, more complex regulation and increasing comp etition from new entrants. To remain competitive in this environment\, com panies have no choice but to change the way they look at talents and futur e leaders. Interestingly\, of the FS companies which have a strategy to pr omote talent\, diversity and inclusiveness\, 85% have found it to improve business performance\, whilst 80% say it has helped in strengthening brand and reputation. Drawing on the findings of PwC’s 18th Global CEO Survey and their wide-ranging work with FS clients\, the presenters will explore what kind of people are needed to take FS organisations business forward in this transforming marketplace\, how to attract\, retain and reward them \, how to optimise their performance and what it really takes to drive cha nge in mindset and culture in order to embrace diversity & inclusion. They will also set out the key talent priorities for FS organisations. About t he speakers KAREN LOON Banking and Capital Markets Leader and Diversity an d Inclusion Leader\, Partner\, PwC Singapore PricewaterhouseCoopers Based in Singapore\, Karen joined PwC Australia in 1990 and transferred to PwC S ingapore in 1994. She is a client relationship partner in the Assurance pr actice with clients in the banking industry. In 2013\, Karen was appointed as PwC Singapore's Banking and Capital Markets Leader\, and Territory Div ersity Leader. She is also the East Cluster Diversity Co-ordinator and the chair of PwC’s [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T084031Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:A New Take on Talent in the Financial Services Industry END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR