Georgina said that her northern twang coupled with her ability to simplify complicated jargon in to layman’s terms, went some way to creating her a niche and kept her in high demand as a financial commentator.

Georgina told us that only 5% of investment service companies have a woman at the helm, however Keith Louden the chief executive of Redmayne Bentley encouraged the females in the audience to think seriously about a career in the financial services, “Some of the brightest talent we have ever had have been ladies, so come and knock on our door!”

If Georgina is anything to go by then your Morely brogue should not impede your success Claire.

We’re not supposed to be ‘accentist’ – but it’s still acceptable to punctilious about spelling, grammar and punctuation. But for how much longer, I wonder?

Something else that springs to mind when reading this article is also the difference in the sex of speakers, especially womens. When listening to other members of the press team on the phone there is a clear definition between the way women converse with ‘journalists’ and the way men do.

Many of my female colleagues adapt a higher pitch, making themselves sound girly, small and unthreatening when on the phone, whereas male colleagues do not fluctuate in the way that they speak on and off of the phone.

Why do women do this, I for one am a culprit and have recently attempted to stem the stream of silly girly tones that I blabber down the phone.

Is it because we feel that we will be treated differently by the journalist if we appear non-threatening and effectively non-authoritive… Any thoughts anyone?