Witad Awards 2021 Winner's Interview: First Derivatives

First Derivatives won the best company for diversity and inclusion (vendor) category in this year’s Women in Technology & Data Awards. Victor Anderson chats to Catherine Harrison, HR director of First Derivatives, about what diversity and inclusion (D&I) mean to the firm. In this video interview, they discuss:   

  • The extent to which D&I issues feature in the firm’s planning and how D&I generally has been embraced across the business.   
  • Whether the firm has a formalized framework that identifies talented women across the business and ensures they have every opportunity to realize their full potential.
  • How First Derivatives addresses the challenge of retaining its talented women staff members.   
  • What she is particularly proud of as head of HR with respect to D&I issues. 
  • The plans the business has to ensure that women continue to ‘get a seat at the table’.