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Bringing a balance to governance
Our Non-Executive Directors come from broad industry and professional backgrounds, with varied experience and expertise aligned to the needs of our business.
The Board appreciates the benefits of diversity in all its forms, within its own membership and at all levels across the Group.
The Board promotes diversity and encourages initiatives to improve diversity in senior management roles, in areas including gender, ethnicity and nationality.
Women represent 33% of our Board and eight different nationalities are represented among our Board members: American (2), Brazilian (1), British (4), Canadian (1), French (1), German (1), Greek (1) and Irish (1). Additionally, women represent 15% of our Management Board.
The Nominations Committee is responsible for regularly reviewing the composition of both the Board and Management Board to ensure both boards have an appropriate balance of skills, expertise and knowledge, and ensuring that all appointments are made on merit against objective criteria and with due regard for the benefits of diversity.
Our Board Diversity Policy sets out the Board’s commitment to the following objectives:
We are a diverse employer. There were 141 nationalities represented at management level within our Group in 2019 while women comprised 23% of our senior management population.