The Wesleyan Board places great emphasis on ensuring that its membership reflects diversity in its broadest sense.
The Wesleyan Board places great emphasis on ensuring that its membership reflects diversity in its broadest sense.
We recognise that in addition to skills and experience; race, age, gender, educational and professional background and other relevant personal attributes are important in providing a range of perspectives and the insights and challenge needed to support good decision making and integral to achieving our strategic objectives.
The Board Nomination Committee regularly reviews and assesses Board composition on behalf of the Board and recommends appointments of new Board and Executive level positions as and when they arise.
It also oversees the regular evaluation of performance and effectiveness of the Board which will consider the balance of skills, experience, independence and knowledge of the Board and its diverse composition.
An Inclusion and Diversity Policy is in place to support and promote Diversity across all levels within the Society. This, with the combined authority of our Inclusion and Diversity Steering Committee and networks, underpin and set out our progressive approach to promoting diversity throughout the Society.
We are actively considering diversity when attracting talented individuals, particularly at the most senior management and leadership levels.
Wesleyan are currently focusing on greater female representation within our Senior Management population which includes our Executive Board, and our recent signing of the Women in Finance Charter, demonstrates our commitment to seeing change in this area.
We have set a gender target of achieving 33% representation in our senior management population, which includes our Executive Board, by 2023. Success will be determined by a number of initiatives we are developing that will focus on attraction, development, promotion and retention strategies.