In 2017, the Parker Review set targets for FTSE companies to ensure greater diversity within their senior management teams. These authors provide an update on the progress made, as well as outlining further recommendations to ensure targets are met.

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Jill Miller, former Senior Policy Adviser, Diversity and Inclusion, CIPD

Jill's work focused on the areas of gender, age and neurodiversity and she led work on race inclusion, managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, and supporting employees through fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and still birth. 

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