Halla Tómasdóttir is CEO and Chief Change Catalyst for The B Team, a group of global business and civil society leaders driving a better way of doing business for the well-being of people and the planet. As well as having leadership roles in Corporate America with M&M and Pepsi Cola, Halla was the first female CEO of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce and later went on to co-found Auður Capital, an investment firm with the vision of incorporating feminine values into finance. In 2016, Tómasdóttir was an independent candidate for President of Iceland, earning nearly 30% of the vote.

Halla joined GenderSmart to share her thoughts on the changes (or lack thereof) she has seen within the gender lens investing world over the past fifteen years, why we need to embrace feminine models of leadership and why she believes that quotas can benefit everyone.

Diana van Maasdijk is the CEO of Equileap, a data provider that assesses 4,000 companies globally on 19 criteria including gender balance, the gender pay gap, paid parental leave and anti-sexual harassment policies. We speak with her about the findings of the just-published 2022 Gender Equality Global Report and Ranking, what’s improved and what still needs to happen to push companies and investors further towards gender parity.