Empower, Heroes and Outstanding Role Model Lists

Tom is the number 1 Senior Executive on our Empower Role Model Lists 2024. As one of the most senior Black Executives in the UK, Tom has provided guidance and leadership to ethnically diverse employees and allies at Diageo. He is also a Board Director at the Bank of England, a Trustee at Comic Relief and a Patron of the Amos Bursary in the UK. Additionally, Tom has continued to be one of the driving forces behind the Parker Review.

Martina is the number 1 Executive on our Heroes Role Model Lists 2024. Martina is the Executive Champion for S&P Global’s Diversity Research Lab, which explores the impact of gender diversity on the markets and the path to equality in the workplace. She is also the Executive Sponsor of WINS (Women’s Initiative for Networking and Success), an S&P Global People Resource Group that is 7,000+ members strong in 30 chapters across the globe.

Julia is our Outstanding Role Model Lists 2023 number 1 Executive. Julia Hoggett joined the London Stock Exchange plc as CEO in April 2021, becoming the first openly gay person to hold the role. At LSEG, Julia has supported Trans Awareness and Lesbian Visibility Weeks, hosted DEI events including Q&A sessions with LSEG’s Pride Network and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of women’s admission to the LSEG trading floor.

Jo is the number 1 Future Leader on our Empower Role Model Lists 2024. Alongside her main role at Google, Jo collaborates with UK initiatives focused on empowering the careers of racially diverse communications professionals through The Xec and as a Trustee of the charity, the Taylor Bennett Foundation. Her impact also extends to France, where she has built a groundbreaking network of racially diverse comms professionals.

Catherine is the number 1 Future Leader on our Heroes Role Model Lists 2024. Catherine sits on the DE&I ERG Leadership Committee and in 2022, co-founded the bank’s EMEA Gender-ERG, engaging and leading colleagues to drive systemic change for a balanced, inclusive and equitable workplace. She also is founder of the Women in Business Society, a global non-profit professional development community serving 1000+ women and is a UN women representative and member of the House of Commons Business & Parliament Forum, influencing new governmental policies to support women entrepreneurs.

Andre is the number 1 Future Leader on our Outstanding Role Model Lists 2023. As part of his role, Andre champions Diageo’s Progressive Marketing framework, ensuring that Diageo’s commitment to the LGBTQ+ community shines through its work and marketing. Alongside his day-to-day role, Andre is the Community Pillar lead of Diageo’s GB-based Rainbow Network, the ERG that ensures Diageo is a fantastic place to work for the LGBTQ+ community.

Scott is our Empower Role Model Lists 2024 number 1 Advocate Executive. To advance an inclusive culture and DEI awareness at ABM, Scott helped launch employee resource groups, championed the Inclusive Team Member Training program, increased its diverse supplier spend, advocated for more mentorship programs, and fostered deeper relationships with diverse partner organizations, among other initiatives. Scott serves on several committees and philanthropic boards, including the Cleaning Coalition of America and the Board of the Outreach Project.

Christoph is the number 1 Advocate on our Heroes Role Model Lists 2024. Under Nick’s leadership, Greene King is dedicated to fostering a diverse and equitable workplace. He supports Greene Sky, an employee-led inclusion group focused on empowering women, plus three other groups focused on making a difference at Greene King around issues relating to disability (Ability); Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (Unity) and the LGBTQ+ community (Village Greene). These groups’ impactful work has earned recognition, including nominations for the British Diversity Awards and European Diversity Awards.

Neeraj is the number 1 Advocate on our Outstanding Role Model Lists 2023. In his role, Neeraj consistently supports LGBTQ+ DEI by making it a key priority for the region. He championed the recruitment of their first LGBTQ+ equity partner (MD & Partner) and facilitated a pipeline of future senior leaders. Neeraj has spoken at several events, including BCG’s first in-person Pride@BCG conference in APAC and a landmark DEI roundtable conference that BCG had hosted for 13 C-suite executives from Southeast Asia.