WIRe shortlists best places to work for women

It introduced the award to celebrate the best companies at promoting the wellbeing of their female employees.

The shortlisted companies are: BuzzBack, C Space, EMI Research Solutions, FreshMinds, Greenberg Strategy, Hall and Partners, Jigsaw Research, Kantar, Orchidea Research Group, SKIM and Watermelon Research.

WIRe said it received 56 entries from 43 companies around the world and the eleven finalists were considered by the judges to have excelled in providing great opportunities for their female employees. The winner and runner up will be announced in September.

The judges are Erica van Lieven, founder and managing director, Direction First; BV Pradeep, global vice-president, consumer & market insight at Unilever, C4G; and Kristin Luck, founder of WIRe and growth strategist/board advisor, Luck Collective.