The Automotive 30% Club is 2% away from achieving their “30 by 30” goal, having achieved 28% of key leadership and decision-making roles filled by women.
Of the 72 member companies, 40% are already at or above 30%. The membership has also reached 30% female representation in their total workforce.
Julia Muir, founder of the Automotive 30% Club, said: “We are achieving this through forums where we bring subject matter experts to advise our members, who then collaborate and share best practice.
“Our members are taking an inclusive and meritocratic approach, removing legacy barriers for underrepresented groups, and people are thriving irrespective of their gender.
“I’m very confident that all members will achieve the Club’s 30 by 30 goal, set when I founded the Club in 2016.”
This level of female representation is significantly higher than the industry average of 7% in senior positions and 17.5% in the total workforce (The IMI – March 2024).
The 72 Automotive 30% Club member includes 9 Manufacturers, 25 Retailers of varying sizes, 10 Finance and Leasing, and 28 companies aggregated into a mixed “Others” category.
The category with the best female representation in key leadership and decision-making roles is Finance and Leasing (36%), followed by the “Others” category (33%), Manufacturers (23%) and Retailers (21%).
Management levels with the least female representation are the Board (18%) and Operating Committee (25%), but there is 28% female representation in the level that reports to the Operating Committee.
