Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AMS

Different is not just good, it’s valuable.

As a global organisation, we recognise the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems.

We believe it enriches our clients' businesses and our own.

We want AMS to be a place where everyone can be successful, drawing upon the differences within our workforce to drive innovation and growth and to support the communities we operate in.

Our vision is to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

 

We’re in it for the long haul

We know we still have work to do on diversity, equity and inclusion. But we’re making progress all the time.  We care about all aspects of diversity and we have established Employee Resource Groups for ethnicity, gender, neurodiversity, disability, health and wellbeing, LGBTQ+ and social mobility.

Because we value the perspectives of all, we will be an organisation that:

  • Proactively takes a stand against discrimination and social injustice, and has zero tolerance for any discriminatory behaviour
  • Has a fair representation of diverse employees, that is reflective of the communities in which we operate
  • Gives voice to our diverse employees and listens to their perspective

Our ethnicity action plan

We introduced our new ethnicity plan in 2020 to drive greater ethnicity diversity across our business. We committed to doubling the number of ethnically diverse employees at senior leadership level by the end of 2021, which we achieved, and have since committed to doubling this again by the end of 2023. It’s an ambitious target but one we’re currently on track to achieve thanks to the following commitments:

  • Adopted the Rooney Rule for all leadership hiring
  • Launched a development programme for diverse middle managers
  • Produced our first ethnicity pay gap report in 2021
  • Appointed reverse mentors to our senior leaders
  • Implemented training programmes to support conscious inclusion and inclusive leadership
  • Assigned specific inclusion goals within our annual performance plan

AMS Annual DEI Report

DEI is a journey at AMS and one where we have proudly made progress thanks to dedicated team of DEI professionals across our organisation, but we also recognise that there is still more to do and are committed to progress.

As part of being authentic, we want to be transparent and honest about our DEI journey. This is why we have decided to produce an annual DEI report. This yearly report provides an overview of the successes and accomplishments we have achieved, but also look at some of the challenges faced and areas of improvement.

Read the report

Global DEI leaders

Paul Modley

DE&I Director

Judy Ellis

Head of DEI Advisory

Rachel Arter

Chair of Ethnicity Board

Regional DEI leaders

Terina Matthews-Davis

Regional DE&I Committee Co-Chair, Americas

Michele Snyder

Regional DE&I Committee Co-Chair, Americas

Brett O'Connor

Regional DE&I Committee Co-chair, EMEA

Zuzanna Ananiew

Regional DE&I Committee Co-chair, EMEA

Roxanna Siebert

Regional DE&I Committee Chair, UK & Ireland

Tara Knobel

Regional DE&I Committee Chair, APAC

Tricia Bautista

Regional DEI Committee Chair, APAC

Joy Koh

Regional DEI Committee Chair, APAC

Melanie Nosworthy

Regional DEI Committee Chair, APAC

Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders

Yvette Moncrieffe

Black Employee Network ERG Lead

Jamie Shields

Disability ERG Lead

Bianca Diehl

Hispanic/Latin American Heritage ERG Lead

Malgorzata Lesniak

Women’s ERG Lead

Fionuala Goritsas

Social Mobility ERG Co-Lead

Marcella McKeveer

Social Mobility ERG Co-Lead

Stella Steigleder

Neurodiversity ERG Lead

Edwin Perée

LGBTQ+ ERG Lead for APAC

Tatiana Oka

LGBTQ+ ERG Lead for the Americas

Magdalena Blasiak

LGBTQ+ ERG Lead for EMEA

Conor Breen

LGBTQ+ ERG Lead for UK & Ireland

Luke Hollands

Military ERG Co-Lead

Kevin Morron

Military ERG Co-Lead

Our Diversity & Inclusion partners

We know we can do more together than we can alone. That’s why we have developed a network of diversity and inclusion partners around the world.

  • The Valuable 500

    We want to inspire our clients to understand the value people who are living with disabilities can bring into the workforce.

    Learn more.

  • Hire Heroes USA

    Since 2015 we have supported their volunteer network which has contributed to reducing veteran unemployment from 11% in 2011 to 3.8% in 2019.

    Learn more.

  • Recruit for Spouses

    With them, we are running The Liquid Academy, a programme that trains military spouses looking at reigniting their careers and wanting flexible working arrangements.

    Learn more.

  • The Business Disability Forum

    Our membership in the Business Disability Forum provides us with access to a great source of assistance for supporting existing disabled talent as well as continuing to recruit new disabled talent into AMS.

    Learn more.

  • Auticon

    Collaboration with this fantastic organisation enables us to support the recruitment of cognitively diverse individuals and tap into the amazing skills of autistic people.

    Learn more.

  • The Girls Network

    The Girls Network's mission is to inspire and empower girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with a mentor and a network of professional female role models.

    Learn more.

  • Change the Race: Ratio

    We were an early signer organisation on this pledge to accelerate racial and ethnic diversity in business.

    Learn more.

  • Audeliss

    We were an early signer organisation on this response to black lives matter.

    Learn more.

  • Combat Stress

    Combat Stress is a charity offering therapeutic and clinical community and residential treatment to former members of the British Armed Forces who are suffering from a range of mental health conditions; including post traumatic stress disorder.

    Learn more.

Related resources

News

AMS named winner of 2021 ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Awards Northern Ireland | Sept 2021

AMS has been awarded the ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Award at the 2021 Responsible Business Awards in Northern Ireland.

Blogs & Articles

How reverse mentoring can elevate your DEI agenda

Could reverse mentoring fast-track organisational diversity and inclusion?

News

AMS welcomes new hire to lead diversity advisory services

AMS welcomes Judy Ellis to its advisory services team as Senior Vice President Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Advisory, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, US.

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