6 January 2025
Driving Productivity Through Inclusion
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Jo Sweetland, Managing Director
“A global talent advisory firm, Green Park is an industry pioneer in building diverse, senior leadership teams and more equitable workplace cultures.”
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Jo Heath, Managing Partner and Head of DICE
“Championing Diversity & Inclusion since our inception, we are driven by the core belief that there’s no shortage of talent, only opportunity.”
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Kai Adams, Managing Partner
“We deliver sustainable business value on a global scale to help organisations bring the future into focus.”
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Trevor Phillips, Chair
"Our clients benefit from our data-rich insights into what will drive productivity today and continue innovation through turbulence tomorrow.”
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Colin Salmon, Chair of the Green Park Foundation
“Through the Foundation, Green Park aim to deliver £1million of social value per annum to improving children lives and creating a more sustainable, equitable world”
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Jo Sweetland, Managing Director
"Our candidate care lasts long past the point of placement and is key to the rich relationships we build from a foundation of trust, authenticity, transparency and inclusion."
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Raj Tulsiani, CEO & Co-Founder
“We founded Green Park in 2006 with a mission to change the face of leadership. We retain that same passion and entrepreneurial spirit today as when we started.”
The BAME 100 2019 index, published by recruitment and diversity consultancy Green Park, showcases the UK's ethnic minority board-ready talent and highlights three BAME retail leaders from Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Boohoo.
The index’s aim is to debunk the myth that diverse talent does not exist, showcasing a wealth of suitable, proven candidates who could help organisations meet Sir John Parker’s government-endorsed target - to have at least one minority member on every major UK board. Yet, despite pressure from the government, shareholders, stakeholders and consumers, Green Park found that Britain’s biggest organisations are making little or no progress in appointing more ethnic minority leaders to their boards.
The fourth annual list features the Co-op’s chief financial officer Shirine Khoury-Haq and Sainsbury’s northern managing director Bridget Lea. Mahmud Kamani, the co-founder of online fashion retailer Boohoo, was also on the list.
Comparing the movement of individuals in the past BAME 100 Business Leaders indices, Green Park’s research suggests a “one in, one out” policy in private, public and third sector board appointments.
Steve Baggi, Co-Founder of Green Park and Head of Retail & Consumer said: “Leadership diversity is associated with performance and can have a profound impact on productivity and profit. However, the boards of the largest listed retail firms in the US, UK and mainland Europe are not representative of the customer groups they serve and the type of diverse leadership which can give them a proven competitive edge.
“Without visible and tangible diversity at senior executive levels within retail & consumer organisations, we will see greater employee attrition, an inability to attract and engage minority ethnic candidates, erosion of the customer base and difficulty succeeding in new markets. The BAME 100 Business Leaders we’re highlighting today can help organisations avoid this issue.”
This article was covered in the Retail Gazette on September 13, 2019. For the full Retail Gazette article, click here.
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