The ratio of BNP Paribas Cardif women in management approaches 50 percent

BNP Paribas Cardif is among the women-friendly brands of the insurance industry with the equal opportunities it offers to women. In 2019, BNP Paribas Cardif signed the Women's Empowerment Principles and raised gender equality to a higher level. While women account for 56 percent of all employees, the ratio of female executives is close to 50 percent.

Research shows that companies with women leaders in the board of directors perform more effectively in almost every field and the bar for success rises steadily. BNP Paribas Cardif, the insurer of a changing world, is among the women-friendly brands of the insurance industry with the equal opportunities it offers to women. In 2019, BNP Paribas Cardif signed the Women's Empowerment Principles, established in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the UN Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Unit, and raised gender equality to higher levels. While women account for 56 percent of all employees, the ratio of female managers is close to 50 percent.

Emphasizing that they attach importance to the activities in line with their mission to strengthen the position of women in business life and contribute to women's employment, BNP Paribas Cardif Turkey Assistant General Manager in charge of Human Resources Ceren Höbek Semayiş stated that the Women's Empowerment Principles are among the gender equality activities within this scope. Explaining that BNP Paribas Cardif Turkey was the first country to sign these principles among all BNP Paribas Cardif Group companies serving in 35 countries, Ms. Semayiş said, "Thus, we have strengthened our efforts for our female employees under the roof of Cardif with the principles of the Women's Empowerment Principles. With our signature on the Women's Empowerment Principles, we have made commitments to provide high-level corporate leadership for gender equality, to treat women and men fairly, to respect human rights and the principle of non-discrimination, to provide health, safety and welfare for women and men, to support women with training, courses and professional development opportunities, to promote equality through entrepreneurial development, social initiatives and support that empower women. As of today, we have a high ratio of 56 percent of Cardif's female employees. We are also very close to gender equality at the management level. Forty-eight percent of our managers are women. In the recent promotions to manager and higher management positions, women have reached a high rate of 75 percent. Our female employee ratio in all promotions was realized as 61 percent."

The main goal is to position the right person for the right job

Stating that they determine their human resources vision in the light of the principles of investing in people and continuous development, Ceren Höbek Semayiş, Assistant General Manager in charge of Human Resources at BNP Paribas Cardif Turkey, said: "While recruiting new talents to our organization, we aim to reach candidates who have the characteristics of 'empathetic', 'innovative', 'expert', 'ethical', 'entrepreneurial', 'customer-oriented', which are the 6 main values of BNP Paribas Cardif Turkey for each position. In addition, since Cardif employees are the ones who can most accurately suggest candidates in line with Cardif's values, we have been implementing the 'Suggest a friend' program since 2015 and rewarding our employees to encourage them to suggest candidates.

Our goal is to position the right person for the right job and to train 'experts in their field' by supporting the technical and managerial skills of our employees. In this context, we evaluate our candidates for open positions based on their experience and knowledge, not on whether they are male or female. Likewise, we have a salary policy based on experience and position, not gender. With the flexible working hours and flexible hybrid working model we offer in our working conditions, we enable all our employees to organize their working hours and prioritize the balance between work and private life.

BNP Paribas Cardif employees, especially women employees, can benefit from the employee support and information line to be informed about psychological, medical, financial and legal issues. In order for women to lead a healthy and balanced life, various healthcare services are provided within the company, from gynecological diseases to pregnancy follow-up, from psychologists to dieticians. In order to support communication within the family, trainings on this subject and various seminars to support communication within the family are organized.

In order to maintain work-life balance, Cardif parents can benefit from flexible hours for family and special occasions such as report card day, the first day of school and doctor visits.

In addition, with the Cardif Flexbox program, our employees can document their fringe benefits.