Diversity, equity and inclusion

We want everyone working with or for Hymans Robertson to be treated fairly through equity. We’re tenacious and we’re always learning: we may make mistakes, but they help us grow.

Our culture of inclusion and fairness fosters belonging and empowers our people to develop rewarding careers.

We believe fairness and representation are crucial to the future success of our people, our clients and our firm.

Equity underpins our work. We want everyone we work with to see themselves reflected in the firm. We want to represent our local communities.

It’s not only the right thing to do, but equity creates an environment that benefits everyone. Our people thrive in rewarding careers, our clients benefit from long-term relationships and excellent outcomes, and our communities flourish too.

We’re always learning and pushing ourselves to move forward. Currently, our focus is:  

• understanding equity and how it leads to inclusion and belonging in a supportive environment, where everyone understands and acknowledges the experiences of others to inspire change

• our leaders being exemplary role models

• extending our career opportunities to include school leavers

• creating rewarding careers with supportive people management, equity of opportunities and mentoring

• building internal networks that support communities to thrive

• increasing the diversity of our candidate pools through inclusive recruitment

• partnering with external experts to support learning and progress our ambitions, with a focus on intersectionality.  

Encouraging our people to understand and acknowledge the experience of others empowers them to be the best agents for change. 

Diversity, equity and inclusion training is mandatory, but we encourage everyone to move beyond this to centre these principles in their working lives.  

We expect:

• on-going development through continuous learning opportunities

• our people to centre equity and inclusion in all their work

• our leaders to have specific priorities related to diversity.  

Our allyship programme provides the tools our staff need to be active allies. We continue to grow our ally numbers, including senior leaders, so we can support others.