As CEO of WPP, created two new roles of Chief People Officer and a Global Head of Culture to continue to improve diversity and build an open and inclusive culture at the company. Women now make up 51% of senior managers and 40% at the most senior executive level. Last year, WPP launched an updated online ethics training, including unconscious bias modules which are mandatory for all staff, and a new Conscious Inclusion training program to embed DE&I into hiring processes, performance management systems and leadership development. For the third year running the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index has listed WPP, and last year Forbes ranked the company sixteenth in its Best Employers for Women in the US List. In 2020, of a total $94 million had been spent by WPP on diverse suppliers in the US, 64% of which went to women-owned business enterprises and 14% to minority women-owned business enterprises.
