In our lifetimes, we have seen incredible progress for women – in business, politics and all across society. We have been part of that change, and been supported and inspired by women who went before us.
There are, however, telling gaps in the area of economic policymaking. There has still been no woman governor of the Bank of England, or permanent secretary to the Treasury. Damningly, the post of chancellor of the exchequer is more than 800 years old – and every one has been a man.
