Presidents Club to disband after FT’s exposé of harassment at men-only charity dinner
London — Last week, hundreds of male business leaders happily attended London’s Presidents Club Charity Dinner, an annual, men-only fundraiser. On Thursday they, and government attendees, were rushing to explain, defend themselves against or brush off a report in the Financial Times that hostesses at the event were harassed, groped and insulted. One company, WPP, said it would end its association with the event, and a world-renowned hospital that had benefited from the fundraiser said it would return all donations. By late afternoon, the Presidents Club said it would disband. In the government ranks, parliamentarian Justine Greening, who angrily quit Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet this month, called on the companies that attended the event to publish their gender pay gaps. Junior minister Anne Milton agreed and said they should report "by the end of this week". During a clamorous session of the House of Commons, Milton told angry legislators: "There is an association between r...
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