WPP Leaders Recognised for Driving Change in Gender Diversity
September 09 2021 - 10:14AM
Business Wire
Fourteen leaders from across WPP (NYSE: WPP) have been named in
the HERoes Women Role Model Lists 2021 for their work in
championing women in business and creating a more gender diverse
workplace.
Celebrating executives, future leaders and senior leader
advocates, the three global lists showcase those who are leading by
example and are committed to building more inclusive workplaces
that champion gender diversity.
Wunderman Thompson’s Global CEO Mel Edwards (#19), Kantar’s
Global CEO – Profiles Division Caroline Frankum, Landor &
Fitch’s Group Global CEO Jane Geraghty, VMLY&R Commerce’s
Global CEO Beth Ann Kaminkow, WPP’s Chief Client Officer Lindsay
Pattison, Ogilvy’s Managing Partner and Global Consulting Principal
Aisling Ryan, MediaCom UK’s Chief Transformation Officer Sue
Unerman, and VMLY&R’s Global Chief Creative Officer Debbi
Vandeven, were all included on the HERoes 100 Women Executive
List.
Five women also feature in the 100 Women Future Leaders List:
Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President of Islamic Marketing, Ogilvy
(#6); Mamaa Duker, Associate Director – Business Development, WPP;
Valerie Henninger, Senior Partner – Managing Director, Mindshare;
Paola Maffezzoni, Head of Marketing & Communications, GroupM
Italy; and Stephanie Robles, Director of Global Accounts,
Xaxis.
For the fourth year running, WPP CEO Mark Read has been named in
the HERoes 50 Advocates List. Since his appointment in 2018, WPP
has continued to build an inclusive culture in order to become an
employer of choice for all – a key part of the company’s business
and growth strategy. WPP has implemented a series of initiatives to
achieve greater diversity across the business; in the last year
this has included the formation of a dedicated global Inclusion
Council and the introduction of incentive schemes for senior
leadership to ensure accountability in delivering WPP’s diversity,
equity and inclusion agenda.
These measures will help to accelerate progress to date on
gender diversity, which has seen increases in female representation
to 51% of senior managers, 40% of senior executives and 43% of
WPP’s Board members. WPP has also been named in the Bloomberg
Gender-Equality Index for the last three years, ranked 10th in the
Hampton-Alexander FTSE 100 Ranking for Women Leaders and third in
Equileap’s Global Report on Gender Equality.
Mark Read, CEO of WPP, said: “Our success is powered by our
people, our ideas and our ability to deliver results for clients.
People do their best work in an open and inclusive culture that
provides everyone with the opportunity to develop and thrive, so to
see our talented female leaders recognised is further evidence of
the value of diverse leadership and the progress we are
making.”
HERoes 100 Women Executives List: Mel Edwards, Global CEO,
Wunderman Thompson (#19) Caroline Frankum, Global CEO, Profiles
Division, Kantar Jane Geraghty, Group Global CEO, Landor &
Fitch Lindsay Pattison, Chief Client Officer, WPP Aisling Ryan,
Managing Partner and Global Consulting Principal, Ogilvy Sue
Unerman, Chief Transformation Officer, MediaCom UK Debbi Vandeven,
Global Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R
HERoes 100 Women Future Leaders List: Shelina Janmohamed, Vice
President – Islamic Marketing, Ogilvy (#6) Mamaa Duker, Associate
Director – Business Development, WPP Valerie Henninger, Senior
Partner – Managing Director, Mindshare Paola Maffezzoni, Head of
Marketing & Communications, GroupM Italy Stephanie Robles,
Director of Global Accounts, Xaxis
HERoes 50 Advocates List: Mark Read, CEO, WPP (#4)
(#) indicates that the individual received a top 20 ranking
About WPP
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