In each episode of the 30% Club podcast global chair Ann Cairns and campaign manager Laura Whitcombe will be joined by leaders of some of the world’s biggest companies. Up for discussion are the campaign’s aims, what they mean to our guests’ businesses, and how we can tackle some of the biggest challenges that continue to hold women – and all businesses – back.
Our first guest is Sharon Thorne, the first female chair of Deliotte. Sharon has worked for Deliotte for the past 35 years and has long championed its ambition to achive higher representation of women in leadership globally.
Here she reveals details of her stellar career trajectory, the bumps along the way, how we can deliver gender equality in the executive teams of the worlds biggest companies – and much more.

