Fifteen leaders from across WPP (NYSE: WPP) have been named in
the global Empower Role Model Lists 2022 for breaking down barriers
and driving inclusion for people of colour in business.
The lists, compiled by INvolve and supported by Yahoo Finance
UK, celebrate 100 Executives, 100 Future Leaders and 50 Advocate
Role Models from across all business sectors for their work in
championing inclusion and driving strategic change within their
organisations.
Ten senior WPP leaders were included in the 100 Executives List:
Kirk McDonald, North America CEO, GroupM; Dionne Aiken, Chief
Marketing Officer, Kantar; Debbie Ellison, Global Chief Digital
Officer, VMLY&R Commerce; Traci Dinkins, President – Head of
Media, North America, Essence; Demet Ikiler, EMEA CEO, GroupM and
Country Manager for Turkey, WPP; Akama Davies, Global Practice
Lead, Digital OOH, Xaxis; Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President –
Islamic Marketing, Ogilvy; Dorothy Burwell, Partner, Finsbury
Glover Hering; Sabrina Natasha Browne, Vice President – Corporate
Affairs, BCW; Apoorva Bapna, Chief Culture Officer – India,
WPP.
VMLY&R’s Group Director, Client Engagement Nikeisha Beckford
and Senior Talent Development Manager Francis Carrero-Green both
feature on the Future Leaders list.
WPP CEO Mark Read tops the Advocates list, which identifies
leaders who are creating diverse and inclusive business
environments, with Jessica Walsh, Managing Director – Health at H+K
Strategies and Jennifer Remling, WPP’s Chief People Officer, also
recognised.
Mark Read, CEO of WPP, said: “For WPP, a diverse and inclusive
culture is a business opportunity as well as an imperative.
Building teams from different backgrounds and experiences helps us
to understand our audiences better, deliver innovation and produce
the best work for our clients. Ultimately, our success is driven by
our people and I’m proud of what we’re doing together across WPP to
create a culture where people feel they belong and want to be a
part of.”
Suki Sandhu OBE, Founder & CEO of INvolve, said: “I’m
so thrilled to be celebrating this global group of trailblazing
Executives, Future Leaders and Advocates for people of colour in
business. All the individuals within these lists are championing
inclusion and, most importantly, leveraging their expertise and
knowledge to drive inclusion initiatives and strategic change
within their organisations. It’s vital that people of colour within
our global businesses can succeed and achieve authentically, and
these Role Models are essentials drivers of change and are smashing
barriers to progress to create organisations where people of colour
can thrive.”
In 2020, WPP announced a set of commitments to combat racial
injustice and support Black and minority ethnic talent, investing
$30m over three years to support anti-racism charities and
inclusion programmes. This includes our Racial Equity Programme
which funds projects that help bring about change, and expanding
WPP’s Elevate sponsorship programme designed to support Black women
in their career growth. WPP has also introduced diverse candidate
slate policies in the UK, US and APAC, has roles specifically
marketed and accessible to candidates from under-represented
groups, and is nurturing early talent to build a diverse pipeline.
Our NextGen Leaders learning series welcomed 1,500 people from 60
countries in its 2021 cohort – with half of the participants
identifying as Black, Asian or Latinx, while WPP’s partnership with
Colorintech, The Update, is an initiative aimed at Black tech
professionals looking to accelerate their careers within the
creative industry. To ensure progress is driven by accountability,
WPP established a global Inclusion Council in 2020 which gives a
voice to underrepresented groups and advises on goals, identifies
barriers and recommends new systems, and in 2021, introduced
DE&I metrics linked to leaders’ compensation and quarterly
reviews.
Empower 100 Executives: Kirk McDonald, North America CEO,
GroupM (7) Dionne Aiken, Chief Marketing Officer, Kantar (10)
Debbie Ellison, Global Chief Digital Officer, VMLY&R Commerce
(13) Traci Dinkins, President – Head of Media, North America,
Essence (18) Demet Ikiler, EMEA CEO, GroupM and Country Manager for
Turkey, WPP (23) Akama Davies, Global Practice Lead, Digital OOH,
Xaxis (29) Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President – Islamic Marketing,
Ogilvy (42) Dorothy Burwell, Partner, Finsbury Glover Hering (60)
Sabrina Natasha Browne, Vice President – Corporate Affairs, BCW
(67) Apoorva Bapna, Chief Culture Officer – India, WPP (74)
Empower 100 Future Leaders: Nikeisha Beckford, Group
Director – Client Engagement, VMLY&R (34) Francis
Carrero-Green, Senior Talent Development Manager, VMLY&R
(97)
Empower 50 Advocates: Mark Read, CEO, WPP (1) Jessica
Walsh, Managing Director – Health, Hill + Knowlton Strategies (30)
Jennifer Remling, Chief People Officer, WPP (32)
*() denotes an individual’s ranking in the list
About WPP
WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of
creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients
and communities. For more information, visit www.wpp.com.
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