Banking Virgin Money hires Irene Dorner to form female top team Move makes British bank the only FTSE 350-listed company with women in top two positions Irene Dorner will take up her post as chairwoman of Virgin Money on 31 March. Virgin Money had said in October it was in talks to hire Dorner, who will join Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the first female chief executive of a stock market-listed British bank. Dorner’s appointment will make Virgin Money the only FTSE 350 company to have an all-female duo at the helm. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jayne Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, oversaw the creation of the government’s women in finance charter in 2016. Based on the information in that report, Dorner would be only the fifth female executive director of a FTSE 250 financial services company.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2018 18:07 UTC