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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at AMS
Different is not just good, it’s valuable.

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

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.

As a global organization, we recognize 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’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:

Key objectives:

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 – one where we have proudly made progress, thanks to the dedicated team of DEIB professionals across our organization. We also recognize 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 looks at some of the challenges faced and areas of improvement.

Global DEIB leaders

Paul Modley

Managing Director, DEIB

Regional exec sponsors

Katie Deaner

Americas

Regional DEIB leaders

Jeffrey Anderson

Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, Americas

Rebecca Hunter

Regional DEIB Committee Co-Chair, UK&I

Edwin Peree

Regional DEIB Committee Chair, APAC

Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders

Yvette Moncrieffe

Black Employee ERG Co-Lead

Octavio Fast

Juntos Podemos ERG Co-Lead

Fionuala Goritsas

Social Mobility ERG Co-Lead

Charlotte Birkett

South Asian Heritage ERG Co-Lead

Luciano Reyes

Military ERG Co-Lead

Our DEIB 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Change the Race: Ratio

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

Audeliss

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

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.

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