Media
A Place at the Boardroom Table
Jennifer Reynolds appears on The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss increasing equity and diversity at the C-suite level.
WCM's Job Shadow Day Coverage By CBC The Exchange
Every year since 2004, Women in Capital Markets has invited high schools in the GTA to send up to two female students in Grade 12 to spend a day on Bay Street. Job Shadow Day is a free, day-long event, featuring interactive workshops, networking and mentoring sessions, presentations profiling women with diverse careers in the capital markets, and an afternoon of job shadowing with a mentor who works in the industry.
Jennifer Reynolds on 1310 Ottawa
Jennifer Reynolds speaks on 1310 Ottawa about how Canadian companies will boost the number of women on boards.
Jennifer Reynolds on The Night Side, June 8th 2015
Listen to Jennifer Reynolds' interview with The Night Side (Newstalk1010) as she discusses Canadian Women climbing the corporate ladder.
Gender Balance in Canadian Boardrooms- BNN, June 8, 2015
Watch Jennifer Reynolds discuss gender balance in Canadian Boardrooms on BNN.
Women on Bay Street: Why Canada is Lagging Behind?
Bloomberg Canada, February 17, 2016Television
Jennifer Reynolds, President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets joins Bloomberg TV Canada's Pamela Ritchie to discuss challenges women face to work in the financial market and what needs to be done to improve women's representation in Corporate Canada.
WCM Job Shadow Day
The Exchange, CBC, April 27, 2016Television
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgkR6CCkdkU
On Friday, April 22nd, WCM hosted the 6th annual Job Shadow Day. This year, almost 100 female high school students participated in this free, day-long event, featuring interactive workshops, networking and mentoring sessions, presentations profiling women with diverse careers in the capital markets, and an afternoon of job shadowing with a mentor who works in the industry. Among the media coverage generated was this interview on CBC's The Exchange. It features Jennifer Reynolds, WCM President & CEO, and Claudia Fournier, a grade 12 high school student, discussing the importance of attracting women to the industry. "Quite simply, you have start early," Jennifer said. Jennifer and Claudia also spoke to the realities of careers in capital markets, specifically that the "locker room mentality" is a thing of the past.

Is COVID-19 Affecting Women More Than Men?
Global NewsRadio/Podcast
Corporate Canada needs a plan for gender diversity in the boardroom
Globe and Mail, October 22, 2015Print
It’s time for Canada’s boards and corporate leadership to stop defending a meritocracy that promotes only those in its own likeness.

Want to be the first woman on the board? Here’s how to do it
Globe and Mail, October 15, 2014Online
Women on boards is a hotly debated topic today and as the CEO of an advocacy group that represents the largest network of professional women working in Canada’s financial sector, I am thrilled to see the spotlight on this issue.
Program aimed at helping women return to finance jobs expands to Montreal
The Canadian Press, March 16, 2016Online
Reynolds says part of the program’s success has been rooted in the fact that it allows women to re-enter the industry at a similar level to where they were when they left — rather than starting from scratch in a junior position such as an analyst or an associate. “Without this program, quite frankly, they can’t even get their resumes looked at seriously,” says Reynolds. “Just getting interviews is very, very difficult. People just say, ‘Well, this person’s been out. They don’t count.'”

Having it All' Should Be The Norm, Not The Exception
Huffington Post, January 20, 2016Online
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jennifer-reynolds/women-having-it-all_b_8979588.html
Much discussion, debate and hand-wringing has been had over the concept of "having it all." I am not sure who first coined this phrase or how we ended up obsessing endlessly over whether women can have successful careers and thriving, happy families, but it is time to unequivocally end this debate.
5Q: Jennifer Reynolds - Why women don't run Bay Street
Yahoo Finance, September 8, 2014Online
Jennifer Reynolds is a great conversationalist – lightning fast on her feet, and chalk full of statistics about the world of high finance and women’s professional place within it.
Biography
Jennifer Reynolds is chief executive officer of the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (WCD). Prior to joining WCD, Reynolds was President & CEO of Toronto Finance International (TFI), a public-private partnership whose mission is to promote and develop Toronto’s financial services sector, and to establish its prominence as a leading global financial center.
Reynolds' 20-year career in the financial services industry has included senior roles in investment banking, venture capital, and global risk management. Prior to joining TFI, she was the President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Canada’s largest industry association and advocacy group for women in the financial sector.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner | Professional
2015 Awarded by Women's Executive Network.