Citywealth Powerwomen Group launches at The Arch Hotel London, W1
Citywealth Powerwomen Group launched on Monday 7th June at The Arch London Hotel, Great Cumberland Place, W1. A gathering of forty women met to find out more about the new group which aims to provide a coherent and supportive group for senior women in the private wealth industry. Those attending were invited to become founder members of the Citywealth Powerwomen Group.
Guests included Wendy Walton and Helen Jones, BDO, Helen Ratcliffe and Judith Millar, Broadfield Law, Karen Marks, Boodle Hatfield, Charlotte Thorne, Capital Generation Partners, Catriona Syed, Charles Russell, Pauline Crawford, Corporate Heart, Paula Higgleton, Deloitte, Juliet Wedderburn, Deutsche Bank, Carolyn Steppler, Ernst & Young, Caroline Butler, Lord North Street, Sally Tennant, Lombard Odier, Lesley Lintott, Penningtons, Louise Stoten and Joan Major at New Quadrant Partners, Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, Signia Wealth and Helen Watson, Rothschilds.
Glamour venue in Central London
The group were treated to champagne and Earl Grey Martini’s which are a speciality at The Arch London Hotel, which is a newly opened five star boutique hotel with circa eighty rooms. Owned by AB Hotels, which is a family owned business, it contains hundreds of thousands of pounds of British art commissioned especially for the launch, private suites and a bespoke martini cabinet in The Library. The Library is also full of original Taschen books. The Arch Hotel offers easy eats with burgers or fish pie or more elegant line caught sea bass in its Hunter 486 bar. It already has stars such as Madonna visiting and recently the Irish football team.
Harvard Review said that Women must receive accolades early in their career
The evening was a roaring success with guests chatting furiously about the issues that surround women in business and also about philanthropic initiatives aimed at girls and women. Guests learned that a fact attributed to Harvard Review said that Women must receive accolades early in their career and ongoing in order to strive for greater success. The group also learned that Lord Puttnam, who runs a female charitable group has found research that says women generally do not put their hands up to ask questions at conferences and in large groups something that Citywealth noted and so has moved to a “quieter” format for this group with smaller tables and moderators to help initiate questions.
Goody bags
After two hours and many martini’s, guests headed off with goody bags which included offers from Nordic Balance, a new gym and personal training operation at the In and Out Club in St James’s, an invitation to attend a party at The Chelsea Day Spa to have cupcakes and champagne and to see the new Atelier Annick handbags which the likes of Cheryl Cole are sporting and Nosh detox included some of their detoxing bath sea salts and morning muesli to set our guests on a path to well being happiness. Helen Watson of Rothschilds was also the lucky winner of a Belle Fontaine face cream box worth £450 donated by Wiamm Mati, their UK Agent.
“Winning business in the Middle East“. The format will be a speaker at a sit down presentation. Tables of ten with a moderator at each table to discuss the issues raised, then group answers and questions and a break for networking and cocktails. Light bites will be served and all costs are included in the yearly membership fee.
Chatham House Rules apply which means no comments or quotes may be attributed outside the group to specific individuals.
Citywealth Magic Circle Award winners and runners up 2010
Citywealth Editor’s Choice Award
Winner – Lesley Lintott, Penningtons Manches Cooper (now deceased)
Private Bank of the Year
Winner – Rothschild
Runner Up – C. Hoare & Co
Private Banker of the Year
Winner – Paul Knox, JP Morgan Private Bank
Runner Up – James Penny, Barclays Private Bank
Investment Management Company of the Year
Joint winners – Schroders and Jupiter Asset Management
Runner Up – Sarasin & Partners
Family Office of the Year
Winner – SandAire
Runner Up- Stonehage
Family Office Individual of the Year
Winner – Alex Scott, Sand Aire
Runner Up – Caroline Butler, Lord North Street
Law Firm of the Year
Winner – Farrer & Co
Runner Up – Macfarlanes
Lawyer of the Year
Winner – Martyn Gowar, McDermott Will & Emery
Runner Up – Clare Maurice, Maurice Turnor Gardner
Family/Matrimonial Team of the Year
Winner – Withers
Runner Up – Farrer & Co
International Law Firm of the Year
Winner – Withers
Runner Up – McDermott Will & Emery
Trust Company of the Year
Winner – Key Trust
Runner Up – RBC Wealth Management
Trustee of the Year
Winner – Andrew Penney, Rothschild Trust
Runner Up – Mike de Figueiredo, RBC Wealth Management
Accountancy Firm of the Year
Winner – KPMG
Runner Up – Saffery Champness
Accountant of the Year
Winner – David Kilshaw, KPMG
Runner Up – Paula Higgleton, Deloitte
Charity Advisor of the year
Winner – Bircham Dyson Bell
Runner Up – Farrer & Co
Charity Investment Manager of the Year
Winner – Schroders
Runner Up – Sarasin & Partners
Industry Newcomer of the Year
Winner – Maurice Turnor Gardner
Runner Up – McDermott Will & Emery
Citywealth Tomorrow Club – Emerging Manager of the Year
Winner – Edward Allen, Thurleigh Investment Management
Runner Up – James D’Aquino, Rooks Rider
Citywealth Tomorrow Club – Woman of the Year
Winner – Katie Price, Baker & McKenzie
Runner Up – Claire Murray, McDermott Will & Emery
Outstanding Individual of the Year
Winner – Piers Barclay, Macfarlanes
Runner Up – David Scott, Vestra Wealth
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner – Richard Moyse, Boodle Hatfield
Runner Up – Richard Leonard, Dixon Wilson
Woman of the Year
Winner – Suzanne Reisman, Law Offices of Suzanne M. Reisman
Runner Up – Sally Tennant, Lombard Odier
