For Immediate Release
October 28, 2021
Citi to Join “Group of Male Leaders Who Will Create a Society in which WomenShine”
Tokyo – Citi announced that Lee Waite, Citi Country Officer and Japan CEO, has joined theGroup of Male Leaders Who Will Create a Society in which Women Shine (Secretariat:Cabinet Office). Citi is accelerating measures to promote gender equality and empower
women at Citi while building a close-knit network of male leaders from various industries
across the country.
At Citi we see diversity in the workplace as essential to achieving success as a globalcompany. We have therefore made it a priority to foster a culture where the best people want
to work, hiring and promotion is based on merit, people treat each other with respect anddignity and opportunities to develop are available to all, regardless of individual differences.
Attracting and developing talented women and building long-term career pathways for themis critical to Citi.
Citi is promoting the empowerment of women on two fronts: policy/benefits andorganizational initiatives. Citi has the same leave-of-absence systems and benefits programsfor male and female employees, who can take advantage of them according to their lifestyleand life stage.
Citi offers 16 weeks of paid maternity leave before and after childbirth, and in 2020 itenhanced its maternity/childcare leave system to include up to 20 days of paid leave for themother’s spouse (or partner) during the 12-month period from the date of birth (either on
consecutive days or split into separate periods). Citi has prepared a maternity guidebook andintroduced a financial support program for employees adopting children (or having asurrogate mother give birth) and a support program for employees receiving infertility
treatment that includes special leave and financial assistance through Citigroup’s healthinsurance. In this way Citi is endeavoring to maintain diversity and help every employee
maintain a work-life balance. On the organizational front, Citi has been working on its
diversity action plan in Japan, setting such goals as increasing the percentage of women in
managerial positions to 40.0% by 2026 and increasing the average number of years ofservice of women to the same level as that of men.
In Japan, Citi also works to create an environment that supports the development of female
leaders within the organization through Citi Women, an employee led initiative where bothmale and female colleagues join to promote women’s empowerment. The group organizes
events and initiatives, including mentorship programs, networking lunches for working
parents, and speaker sessions with internal and external female leaders.
Visit our website for details on Citi’s diversity action plan in Japan.
About the Group of Male Leaders Who Will Create a Society in which Women Shine (“Group of MaleLeaders” for short)Group of Male Leaders is a group of corporate managers and leaders in other fields
that has been organized to promote gender equality and the empowerment of womenin line with the group’s “declaration of action” by building a network of participants
and sharing problems with one another. The group also aims to contribute to social
momentum for gender equality and women’s empowerment by communicating theirown thoughts and initiatives being undertaken within their organizations to people
inside and outside the group. Currently, the group has about 270 members, includingbusiness managers, prefectural governors and mayors. For more details, see theCabinet Office’s website.

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