Eighteen WPP Leaders Recognised in the HERoes Women Role Model Lists 2020
September 24 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Eighteen leaders across WPP (NYSE: WPP) have been honoured in
the HERoes Women Role Model Lists 2020 for championing women in
business and driving change for gender diversity in the
workplace.
Supported by Yahoo Finance, the three global lists celebrate
female executives who are role models and driving change to
increase gender diversity at work, future leaders who are making a
significant contribution to gender diversity, and senior leader
advocates who are dedicated to creating a more diverse and
inclusive business environment for women.
WPP Health Practice’s International CEO Claire Gillis,
MediaCom’s Chief Transformation Officer Sue Unerman, Kantar’s
Profiles Division Global CEO Caroline Frankum, Wunderman Thompson
Argentina’s CEO Victoria Cole, WPP Country Manager for Turkey and
GroupM’s EMEA CEO Demet İkiler, WPP’s Chief People Officer Jacqui
Canney and Geometry’s Global CEO Beth Ann Kaminkow were all
included in the HERoes 100 Women Executives List.
In addition, 10 women were included in the 100 Women Future
Leaders List: Michelle Morgan, Associate Director at Mindshare;
Paola Maffezzoni, Head of Marketing & Communications, Italy at
GroupM; Preeti Mascarenhas, Head of Product & Strategy at
Mindshare; Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President, Islamic Marketing at
Ogilvy; Christina Mallon, Inclusive Design Lead at Wunderman
Thompson; Suki Heather, Creative Director at AKQA; Kai Lawson,
Global Director of Community Engagement at WPP; Brenda Hudson, EMEA
Commercial Finance Manager at GroupM; Mamaa Duker, Business
Development Manager at WPP; and Kristin Parris, Senior Manager,
Talent Development at Essence.
For the third year running, WPP CEO Mark Read features in the
HERoes 50 Advocates List as a champion of female talent in the
workplace. Under Mark’s leadership, WPP made culture a cornerstone
of its strategy for growth and has continued its focus to build an
ever-more inclusive and diverse organisation. Since 2018 when Mark
became CEO, the proportion of women on WPP’s Board has increased
from 33% to 50% today, while at a senior manager level, women now
make up 50% of the total. In both 2019 and 2020, WPP was named in
the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index as an industry leader committed
to transparency in gender reporting and advancing women’s
equality.
Mark Read, CEO of WPP, said: “Our ability to create great
work for clients is powered by our diversity of thought, ideas and
perspectives. What makes WPP special is its people, and as we
continue to focus on increasing representation of women in
leadership roles across WPP, I’m proud that so many of our female
leaders have been recognised in the HERoes Women Role Model
Lists.”
HERoes 100 Women Executives List: Claire Gillis,
International CEO, WPP Health Practice (21) Sue Unerman, Chief
Transformation Officer, MediaCom (35) Caroline Frankum, Global CEO,
Profiles Division, Kantar (41) Victoria Cole, CEO, Wunderman
Thompson Argentina (42) Demet İkiler, EMEA CEO, GroupM and Country
Manager for Turkey, WPP (59) Jacqui Canney, Chief People Officer,
WPP (84) Beth Ann Kaminkow, Global CEO, Geometry (96)
HERoes 100 Women Future Leaders List: Michelle Morgan,
Associate Director, Mindshare (6) Paola Maffezzoni, Head of
Marketing & Communications, Italy, GroupM (28) Preeti
Mascarenhas, Head of Product & Strategy, Mindshare (39) Shelina
Janmohamed, Vice President, Islamic Marketing, Ogilvy (40)
Christina Mallon, Inclusive Design Lead, Wunderman Thompson (61)
Suki Heather, Creative Director, AKQA (63) Kai Lawson, Global
Director of Community Engagement, WPP (77) Brenda Hudson, EMEA
Commercial Finance Manager, GroupM (85) Mamaa Duker, Business
Development Manager, WPP (94) Kristin Parris, Senior Manager,
Talent Development, Essence (95)
HERoes 50 Advocates List: Mark Read, CEO, WPP (15)
About WPP
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creativity to build better futures for our people, clients and
communities. For more information, visit www.wpp.com.
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