Gill Hardy

Gill is Head of Executive Talent EMEA at WPP. In 2015, she co-founded and launched WPP Stella to tackle barriers to women’s career success through extensive programming, designed to increase the visibility, voice and representation of WPP’s female workforce. In 2022, Stella became an open community for all WPP Women and allies, and is a global force with 15 country chapters worldwide working under the common purpose of helping to inspire and enable WPP women to fulfil their potential and enable WPP growth through greater diversity. Now, in 2023 women represent 53% of WPP’s senior managers and 41% of executive leaders globally, while 40% of the WPP Executive Committee and 42% of the WPP Board are women. In 2024 Gill was appointed to be WPP’s first Ambassador for Women.