Simone Roche, Director of Diversity, Women 1st
Women 1st, the thought leadership and training programme designed to help females working in the hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism sector achieve their career aspirations, has appointed Simone Roche as director of diversity.
Women 1st is the brainchild of People 1st, the sector skills council, which found that while 56 per cent of the workforce in the industry is female, only 6 per cent of board director positions are held by women. Simone will be working closely with employers across the sector to drive gender diversity within senior management teams and secure corporate members to the Women 1st programme.
She said: "It's great to work for a team which is dedicated to helping women achieve their career aspirations in this vibrant industry. Women 1st has already delivered significant results for employers and encouragingly a number of proactive businesses have taken steps to address gender imbalance - but there is certainly more that can be done. If businesses want to compete effectively, they can no longer afford to waste the skills and talent of half the working population."
