At senior manager level though a difference between gender and parental status occurs where there are only six mothers in contrast to 18 fathers. At partner level the difference is more extreme with no mothers, only one woman with no children as opposed to ten fathers and three men with no children at partner level. Overall, Table 4 indicates that women take longer to be promoted to all levels, with the exception of the one female partner without dependent children, who took 10 years to attain this level similar to her male counterparts. Moreover, the six mothers at senior manager had 14.33 years in the profession, the longest serving professional members at this level. The evidence shows that women, and mothers in particular hit a barrier at senior management level.