Halma Group Chief Executive Andrew Williams recognised as an advocate for women in business
08 September 2022
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Williams has been listed for the third consecutive year in the 2022 Heroes Advocate Executives Role Model List. This is in recognition of his commitment towards gender diversity at Halma and driving workplace inclusion.
The HERoes Women Role Model List champions Senior Executives, Future Leaders and Advocates for women in business, who are driving positive, long-term action across global organisations. The list is run by INvolve, a global network championing diversity and inclusion in business.
For the past decade, Andrew and his Executive team have been working to build more diverse and inclusive businesses across our global portfolio of around 45 companies. Halma has made significant progress on gender representation at the board and senior leadership level, with 56% of these senior roles held by women today. Halma’s plc Board and Executive Boards are 50% and 60% women, respectively. Women also make up 44% of Divisional Chief Executives roles, who run our portfolio of companies, and lead our acquisitions. Female representation on all Halma company boards is 26%, an increase from 18% in 2020, in line with our target of 40-60% gender balanced range by 31 March 2024.
Andrew has been an active member of the 30% Club since 2017, a membership organisation which campaigns for at least 30% of board seats to be held by women.
In 2021 Halma was recognised by the European Women on Boards as gender diversity leaders, coming 8th out of 668 companies.
Andrew Williams, Halma Group Chief Executive, commented: “Building diverse and inclusive businesses is fundamental to achieving our purpose. Over the past few years we have seen a marked improvement in gender diversity at all levels and greater inclusion within our businesses. I’m thrilled that Halma’s progress in championing equality and inclusion has been recognised in this way.”
