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 have committed to doubling the number of ethnically diverse employees at senior leadership level by the end of 2021. It’s a big ambition – and we’re currently on track to achieve it. Here are some actions we've taken:
- Adopted the Rooney Rule for all leadership hiring
- Launched a development programme for diverse middle managers
- Committed to producing our first ethnicity pay gap report
- Appointed reverse mentors to our senior leaders
- Implemented training programmes to support conscious inclusion
- Assigned specific inclusion goals as part of annual performance goals
Our DE&I leaders
Paul Modley
DE&I Director
Rachel Arter
Co-chair Global Ethnicity Board
Yvette Moncrieffe
Co-chair Global Ethnicity Board
Shakira Walston
Regional DE&I Committee Chair, Americas
Tara Knobel
Regional DE&I Committee Chair, APAC
Brett O'Conner
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
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.
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The Valuable 500
We want to inspire our clients to understand the value people who are living with disabilities can bring into the workforce.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Change the Race: Ratio
We were an early signer organisation on this pledge to accelerate racial and ethnic diversity in business.
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Audeliss
We were an early signer organisation on this response to black lives matter.
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