Gender Balance at at GlaxoSmithKline

We’ve had a long-term commitment to increase gender diversity at all levels and our Global Gender Council provides important input to guide our work, as does the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) with whom we have a valuable dialogue.

Our goal is that by 2025 we will have at least 45% female representation in senior roles.

The percentage of women in management has continued to rise at GSK. In 2020, women represented 48% of all management roles and 38% of senior management roles – VP and above.

In January 2018, we signed up to the 30% Club gender campaign focused on achieving 30% female representation in senior management within FTSE 100 companies by 2020. GSK has already exceeded this target and remains committed to maintaining and improving on this. In 2020, in the UK in our first year of participation, we’ve been ranked in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women.

We support development and career progression for high-performing female managers through our Accelerating Difference programme, which provides coaching and support. New for this year, for the first time we’re inviting employees to self-nominate. We also recruit and support women early in their careers through our graduate and apprentice programmes.

We have a long-standing commitment to fair and equal pay. We conduct country-based reviews and ensure all markets have clear guidance, tools and support to ensure pay equity. If unexplainable differences are detected, these are addressed through our compensation processes.

We have been recognised in the FTSE Women Leaders report, The Times Top 50 employers for women, named one of India’s best companies for women, and our colleagues have been recognised by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association for their work to advance the impact and influence of women in healthcare.

UK Gender Pay Gap report 2020

UK Gender Pay Gap report 2021