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 DEIB Report
DEIB is a journey at AMS and one where we have proudly made progress thanks to dedicated team of DEIB 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 DEIB journey. This is why we have decided to produce an annual DEIB 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.
Global DEIB leaders
Paul Modley
Managing Director, DEIB
Judy Ellis
Head of DEIB Advisory
Regional exec sponsors
Katie Deaner
Americas
Tara Knobel
APAC
Regional DEIB leaders
Jeffrey Anderson
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, Americas
Brett O'Connor
Regional DEIB Committee Co-chair, EMEA
Maria Wojciechowska
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, EMEA
Hayley Gower
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I
Rebecca Hunter
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I
Graeme Knox-Cowan
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I
Robert Matthew
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I
Jack Forrest-Charde
Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I
Edwin Peree
Regional DEIB Committee Chair, APAC
Khate de la Paz
Regional DEIB Committee Chair, APAC
Pooja Lagos
Regional DEIB Committee Chair, APAC
Vaidehi Soman
Regional DEIB Committee Chair, APAC
Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders
Yvette Moncrieffe
Black Employee ERG Co-Lead
Chioma Olaleye
Black Employee ERG Co-Lead
Nathan Elout-Armstrong
Disability ERG Lead
Melanie Nosworthy
Neurodiversity ERG Lead
Octavio Fast
Juntos Podemos ERG Co-Lead
Linda Castillo
Juntos Podemos ERG Co-Lead
Malgorzata Lesniak
Women’s ERG Co-Lead
Sarah Humphreys
Women’s ERG Co-Lead
Fionuala Goritsas
Social Mobility ERG Co-Lead
Darshan Shah
South Asian Heritage ERG Co-Lead
Priya Mehta
South Asian Heritage ERG Co-Lead
Conor Breen
LGBTQ+ ERG Lead for UK & Ireland
Luciano Reyes
Military ERG Co-Lead
Luke Hollands
Military ERG Co-Lead
Alessia Malinverni
Health & Wellbeing ERG Co-Lead
Emma Gray
Health & Wellbeing ERG Co-Lead
Our DIEB 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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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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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.
Related resources
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.
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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.