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OMNICOM UK ANNOUNCES 48% REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), a global leader in advertising and marketing communications, recently announced that its UK senior management teams and boards comprise an average of 48% of women - 60% up on the existing industry average of 30.2% and 20% ahead of the IPA’s target of 40% by 2020.

The figures were released on International Women’s Day, to coincide with the Fourth Annual Omniwomen UK Leadership Summit, which is part of the Omniwomen initiative, designed to increase the influence and number of women leaders across the network. Since the launch of Omniwomen UK in 2015, female representation in senior management across Omnicom companies has increased by 20%, up from 40% representation three years ago.

The Omniwomen UK Summit aims to enable women to be at their best in the workplace and to inspire others, the theme of the Summit this year was ‘Take it On’ which aims to encourage women to ‘Take On’ being positive role models and participants to create lasting change. Omniwomen aims to help women reach their potential through the Summit’s practical workshops and inspirational internal and external speakers sharing candid advice on how they built their careers.

Janet Riccio, Executive Vice President, Omnicom Group and Founder of Omniwomen Global, concluded: “Since we launched Omniwomen in 2014, we’ve made significant progress in increasing the number of women in leadership roles. However, as I travel around the globe, we still have a long way to go to fully unlock the potential of gender diversity in the workforce. Which is why I am incredibly proud of the work being done by the members of Omniwomen UK who are inspiring women globally to press forward and progress gender parity by challenging the status quo at this powerful moment in time.”

In addition to the Summit, Omniwomen UK aims to raise £45,000 in clothing donations for Smart Works, a charity set up to provide high quality interview clothes, styling advice and interview training to out-of-work women on low incomes.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Naomi Woodford .