Heather Melville
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Melville in 2015
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Heather Patricia Melville 22 December 1962 London, UK |
| Residence | London, UK |
| Occupation | Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives of Royal Bank of Scotland |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Founder and Global Chair of Royal Bank of Scotland Focused Women's Network |
| Title | Chair of Advisory Committee and Member of the Board of Trustees of Chartered Management Institute |
| Website | rbs |
Heather Melville (born 1962) is the British banker, the Director for Strategic Partnerships and Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives of Royal Bank of Scotland. In September 2016, Heather Melville CCMI was appointed to the Board and as Chair of the Advisory Committee for 'CMI Women', Chartered Management Institute. Melville is a diversity, inclusion leader and founder and Global Chair of RBS Focused Women's Network. She is recognised in Financial Times 2016 inaugural UPstanding100 Executive BAME Power List (UK & US) and Financial Times 2017 EMpower 100 ethnic minority leaders 100.
Heather Melville was born in December 1962. She grew up in London and was educated at the IBM business school, together with a wealth of international experience secured over a 30 plus year career in the world of finance, with the last 9 years primarily focused on the SME client base positioned her in a strong place to meet the evolving global challenges of her clients. For a number of years, Melville has sat on the judging panel for the prestigious “UK Fashion & Textile Awards”, "The National Diversity Awards", "We Are The City Rising Stars" as well as the "Brummel's Top 30". Heather Melville is the Founder and global Chair of RBS Focused Women's Network, which today has C 12,000 members in 33 countries and is run entirely by volunteers. Heather's passion to see more women have equal career opportunities led her to developing this business focused network. RBS Focused Women's Network, has played a crucial role in transforming the culture and is fully integrated into the client proposition and sustainable strategy.
The Focused Women's Network was launched in 2007 to support us in attracting, retaining and developing talented female members of staff. The Network is open to all colleagues regardless of sex or gender identity, and provides opportunities to network both inside and outside the bank. RBS members also have the chance to get involved in activities to challenge themselves, excel and develop. There are 12 regional committees globally and each committee delivers tailored programmes of events for the members that respond to their local needs, based on feedback and global survey. There is a great variety of events, like personal development events, networking and client events, charity balls, self-defence and wellbeing workshops and many more. RBS Focused Women's Network has developed some social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, so even RBS members who are on long term leave and don't have access to the Bank systems can still stay touch and attend the events. Network provides regular updates through newsletters, where we also acknowledge our valuable volunteers, without whom we couldn't run the network so efficiently.
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