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UK Women in Finance Charter

2025 PROGRESS UPDATE

Columbia Threadneedle Investments EMEA signed the Women in Finance Charter as a pledge to foster greater gender balance across our business and the financial services sector.

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Our long-term ambition is to increase the proportion of women in our EMEA workforce. We are also working towards increasing the representation of women in senior management – as of December 2025 this figure in the UK was 28.9% with a target of 35.0% by the end of 2028.

We reviewed our gender representation targets in 2025 to better reflect our broader organisational structure, recognising that Columbia Threadneedle is part of a larger, global financial services firm. This resulted in evolving how we define our target populations for our UK-based entities. For more information on how we define our target populations, please see the footnotes below.

As of 31 December 2025, women represented 43.5% of our workforce, and we continue to focus on supporting women in EMEA at key stages of their career, including:

Partnering with Girls Are Investors (GAIN), a charity with a mission to improve gender diversity in investment management by developing a strong entry-level talent pipeline.
Embedding inclusive recruitment practices to ensure we consider the widest range of candidates for vacant positions with a focus on balanced shortlists and drawing upon different perspectives to support candidate assessment.
Working across our organisation to embed inclusive talent practices and programmes to help all employees achieve their potential. This includes providing targeted professional development programmes for women.
Our Women’s Interest Network builds a strong internal community of women and allies and plays a vital role in raising awareness of key issues and supporting personal and professional development.
Driving long-term, sustainable change across our industry and firm takes time and strategic focus. We recognise the work required, and we will continue to take action to remove barriers and accelerate measurable progress.
Since 2024, Columbia Threadneedle’s accountable executive for the Charter has been David Logan, Head of EMEA and Global Business Operations.

Columbia Threadneedle’s 2025 UK position relative to our targets in the five categories that we track is:

% representation of women (UK)
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2025
Aspirational 2028 target
Board*
20.0%
44.4%
35%
Executive Committee**
23.1%
23.1%
35%
Senior management ***
26.6%
28.9%
35%
Investment professionals****
27.7%
29.0%
35%
All employees*****
42.5%
43.5%
45%

*TAM UK International Holdings Limited and Columbia Threadneedle Investments UK International Holdings Limited Boards.

 

**The most senior UK representative for each business unit on the EMEA Business Management Committee. Previously, all voting members of the EMEA Business Management Committee.

 

***UK employees at Band 45 and above as per our internal grading structure. Previously, Band 50 and above Officers.

 

****Includes roles that involve managing funds, making investment decisions or providing strategic investment advice. Excludes administrative or operational roles. Target has been adjusted in line with new enhanced definition.

 

*****UK permanent employees. Previously, included fixed term employees.