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Following on from the success of previous forums, yesterday saw Cornwallis Elt host the first of its ‘Smart Working and Future Design of the office’ discussions, with Heads of Operations and COO's within the Asset Management industry. It was a very interesting conversation that covered everything from flexi-working to workplace psychology!Many thanks to Ray Green at TPI for ...

​Cornwallis Elt are delighted to announce that we have signed up to the 'Tech She Can Charter", in conjunction with PwC, and in so doing, joining 190 other organisations that have pledged to work together in creating equal opportunities for women within the tech industry. The charter's key initiatives initiatives are to:1. Enrich education: educate and inspire pupils, especi...

We are pleased to share that we have renewed our commitment to the FCSA Supply Chain Charter, and therefore to continue operating a preferred umbrella company supplier list made exclusively up of compliant and transparent FCSA Accredited Members who have undergone extensive due diligence. The FCSA Supply Chain Partner Charter creates a clear framework of principles and val...

​Cornwallis Elt are delighted to once again be placed in the Recruiter Hot 100 list, complied by Agile Intelligence for Recruiter magazine and rating the UK's recruitment companies according to net fees (GP) per employee. Cornwallis Elt this year are placed 35th on the list, one of our highest ever placings. For the full report please visit https://issuu.com/redactive/docs/r...

​Cornwallis Elt are delighted to announce that we have recently signed up to the Tech Talent Charter, joining over 500 UK companies in making public our commitment to improving Diversity & Inclusion within the technology industry. We are excited and honoured to be able to use this partnership as a springboard to further build out and expand our policies of diversity, in...

​Last week saw Cornwallis Elt host the second of our virtual forums of 2021, with more Heads of Operations and COOs within the Asset Management industry facilitated again by our own Henry Hickley.Similar to the first session, the theme was focusing on responses to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and challenges of working from home. Discussions ranged from observed changes in the...

​Last week saw Cornwallis host the first of our virtual forums in 2021, this time with Heads of Operations/COOs within the Asset Management industry facilitated by our own Henry Hickley. The theme was similar to some of the CTO forums that we held last year, focusing on responses to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and challenges of working from home. Discussions ranged from obse...

​We are very pleased to announce that, as of the start of 2021, Cornwallis Elt has now migrated our accounts environment over to Xero, a market leading cloud based platform. This was one of a number of major enhancement projects that the company undertook during 2020, ensuring that the business took significant steps forward, even during a year hit heavily by a global health...

​As a continuation of a series of technology leadership forums that Cornwallis Elt have been hosting, last Wednesday saw our 9th roundtable event facilitated by our own Henry Hickley.Attended by a number of Infrastructure leaders within the Financial Services industry, the discussion focused on how they have adapted their firms infrastructure to facilitate WFH and the techno...

​As has become an annual tradition, Cornwallis Elt will be making a donation to a chosen charity this Christmas. After such a challenging year there are so many deserving causes and we have decided to donate to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.  Many of us were inspired by the brilliant documentary ‘Rob Burrow: My year with MND’ and we are proud to be supporting this fa...

​Great to see Beazley, one of our long standing insurance clients supporting women in tech. For full details please visit the link https://www.beazley.com/london_market/supporting_young_women_in_tech.html​

​As a continuation of the CTO/Head of IT forums that Cornwallis Elt have been hosting, Wednesday saw our 7th round table event take place, this time facilitated by Ben Shilliam, CTO at Coller Capital. Attended by a number of leaders within the Financial Services industry, the discussion focused on how we have adapted to WFH and the new challenges we are facing in Lockdown 2....

​Diversity and inclusion practices in the workforce are increasingly important to ensure that a wide range of knowledge, experiences and innovation is brought to the organization and its decision-making processes.COVID-19 has shone a light on why diversity is critical for business recovery and resilience. As companies look to adapt to a new way of conducting business post-CO...

​Cornwallis Elt were proud last week to host the latest of our round table events of CTOs / equivalent IT leaders in asset managers and investment banks, who discussing how they have addressed and continue to address the IT demands of their organizations during the current crisis . Chaired by Robert Jamieson, CTO of Legal & General Investment Management and Group Digital...

​An interesting article from one of our clients, Deloitte, on how employers can act now to prevent a setback in achieving gender parity in the workplace. Please visit https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/understanding-the-pandemics-impact-on-working-women.html​​

​Congratulations to the Cornwallis Elt team for completing the Standard Chartered Virtual Great City 5k Race yesterday along the banks of The Thames. The race was raising money for Futuremakers, a global initiative to tackle inequality and promote greater economic inclusion for young people in our communities. Our 5k times ranged from 19 to 37 minutes, superb running all rou...