Industry Led Ten Steps

Industry campaign to improve women’s retention and progression

The Ten Steps is an ambitious, industry-led campaign to ensure that women in science, technology, engineering and manufacturing have the same opportunities to progress in their career as their male counterparts. Unique in its focus on sectors where women are still very much in a minority. It has been signed by business leaders with a significant workforce in the UK.

Taken together, these actions represent a step-change for the sector. Some companies will already be doing some of what is on the list; few if any are doing all. The actions have all been identified for their potential to drive company performance; they are more than simply ‘good management practice’.

Commitment from those at the top is critical. This is not a women’s issue or a diversity issue – it is a business imperative. Having high profile companies on board is a great start – we are looking for others to follow their lead.

Get in touch with WISE CEO Helen Wollaston to discuss how you can support the campaign.

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WISE CXO Breakfast meeting - Gender balance

On 12 June 2017, WISE and EY hosted an Executive level breakfast on Gender balance to reaffirm commitment, and share good practice between executives in large corporate organisations.

Trudy Norris-Grey, WISE’s Chair opened the discussion, while Steve Varley, Chairman and Managing Partner of EY, shared his insights on setting the “tone at the top”, and the path that EY took to increase the proportion of women partners. Chris Stylianou, COO of Sky, presented Sky’s initiatives to support women’s success and path to the top.

The Ten Steps framework supports companies in addressing gender imbalance. Following the event, WISE mapped the tools and initiatives discussed in the meeting against this framework to allow its members to learn from other experiences.

The breakfast meeting discussion ended with participants agreeing to work together with WISE towards gender balance within their organisations and encourage others to play their part.

Airbus Group UK - Paul Khan, President
Alstom - Nick Crossfield, President & CEO
Altran - Mike Simms, UK Chief Executive
Amey - Andy Milner, Chief Executive
Atkins - Uwe Krueger, Chief Executive
AVEVA - James Kidd, Chief Executive Officer
AWE - Iain Coucher, Managing Director
Babcock - Archie Bethel, Chief Executive
BAE Systems - Ian King, Chief Executive
Balfour Beatty - Leo Quinn, Chief Executive
BAM Nuttall - Steve Fox, Chief Executive
BBC Digital - Ralph Rivera, Director, Digital
Bechtel - Toby Seay, President, Infrastructure
Black & Veatch Ltd - Scott Aitken, Managing Director
BMT - Muir Macdonald, Managing Director
British Sugar - Mark Carr, Chief Executive
Buro Happold - Roger Nickells, Chief Executive Officer
Capgemini - Christine Hodgson, Chairman
Card Geotechnics Limited - Nick Langdon, Chief Executive
CH2M - Mark Thurston, European Managing Director
Coop Digital - Catherine Brien, Data Science Director
Costain Group PLC - Andrew Wyllie CBE, Chief Executive
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water - Chris Jones, Chief Executive
Fluor - Mr. Ashley Rees, Vice President & General Manager of Fluor UK
GHD Consulting & Civil Engineering – Mark Ingram, Managing Director
Graham Construction - Alan Bill, Managing Director
Highways England - Graham Dalton, former Chief Executive
Hilti - Gareth Lewis, General Manager Northern Europe
HS2 - Simon Kirby, Chief Executive Officer
Jacobs - Pete Lutwyche, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Jacobs Aerospace and Technology
Jaguar Land Rover - Bob Joyce, Director Product Creation and Delivery
Jardine Motors Group - Neil Williamson, CEO
Kier - Haydn Mursell, Chief Executive
Mace - Mark Reynolds, Chief Executive
Max Fordham LLP - Colin Hamilton, Chair of the Management Group
Mott MacDonald - Mike Haigh, EUNA Managing Director
Network Rail - Mark Carne, Chief Executive
Nissan - Colin Lawther, Senior Vice President
Northumbrian Water - Heidi Mottram, Chief Executive
Nuclear AMRC - Andrew Storer, Chief Executive Officer
PWC - Ian Powell, Chairman
Ramboll - Mathew Riley, Managing Director
Rolls-Royce plc - Ian Davis, Chairman
Shell UK Ltd - Erik Bonino, Chairman
Siemens - Juergen Maier, Chief Executive
Sir Robert McAlpine - Gavin McAlpine, Executive Chairman
Sky - Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive
Sweco UK Ltd - Max Joy, Managing Director
Thales UK - Victor Chavez, Chief Executive
Thames Tideway - Andy Mitchell, Chief Executive
Tony Gee and partners LLP - Chris Young, Executive Director
Transport for London - Mike Brown, Commissioner
Travelport - Simon Gros, Chief of Staff
VolkerWessels UK - Alan Robertson, CEO
Waters - Brian W. Smith, VP Mass Spectrometry Instrument Technology
Westfield - Peter Miller, Chief Operating Officer
Wood - Clive White, President Clean Energy Europe
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff - Mark Naysmith, UK Chief Operating Officer

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