Gender Balance Index 2026
The time for talking is over: Moving beyond rhetoricÂ
Financial institutions worldwide have made modest but meaningful progress in advancing gender balance in senior leadership – even amid heightened political scrutiny of diversity and inclusion initiatives, according to this year’s OMFIF Gender Balance Index. Â
The report, now in its 13th edition, analyses the state of gender parity in leadership roles across the financial sector. The 2026 edition explores the journey towards reaching gender balance across central banks, commercial banks, pension funds and sovereign funds, based on data from more than 300 institutions, covering over 6,000 individuals.Â
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What this report covers:
- This year's edition features a dedicated in-focus chapter on policy, examining how targeted interventions can accelerate gender balance across financial institutions.Â
- With leading voices in the field, from Galia Borja Gómez, deputy governor of Banco de México, Tea Trumbic, manager of the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project, as well as academics such as Sigtona Halrynjo from the Institute for Social Research and Mariarita Circi, former fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, offering diverse perspectives on policy design and implementation.
- At the current pace of progress, it would take an estimated 22 years for the GBI to reach full gender parity. Still, the findings of the GBI 2026 are heartening.
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