Investment banks make a great play of their equal opportunities and gender diversity agenda but, as these charts show, that has yet to filter through into hard reality.

Research by Financial News shows that of the 200 most senior bankers on executive committee, or an equivalent level, at a sample of 20 investment banks and corporate and investment banking divisions, just 17 are women, That equates to less than 8%, or an average if fewer than one women at each bank.