About us
Diversity in the Boardroom
We believe that a broader, diverse and inclusive culture is a key factor in being a successful business. In line with the recommendations from the Parker Review, the McGregor-Smith Review and the Hampton-Alexander Review, our focus is on creating an inclusive environment that enables everyone to contribute to their full potential.
The Board is committed to building on existing graduate, apprentice and leadership programmes to embed inclusivity in our succession planning and talent development in order to strengthen our talent pipeline, with an enhanced focus on ensuring appropriate representation from diverse gender, social and ethnic backgrounds.
Statement from the Chair
"Severn Trent PLC recognises the value of a diverse and representative workforce at all levels, including sharing the aspiration of the Davies Report to promote greater female representation on listed company Boards. Our Board Diversity Policy supports the development of a pipeline of diverse high calibre candidates for Board and Executive level roles.
The selection of candidates to join the Board will continue to be made based on merit and the individual’s ability to contribute to the effectiveness of the Board, which in turn will be dependent on the pool of candidates available. All appointments and succession plans will promote diversity of gender, social and ethnic backgrounds and cognitive and personal strengths. To support this, we continue only to engage with executive search firms who have signed up to the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms.”
- Christine Hodgson, Chair
