Mark aims to lead a community where everyone feels empowered to be themselves. In September he spoke to their top 250 leaders globally about his expectation of them; to ‘make tomorrow happen today’ which can only be achieved by building rockstar teams that mirror the diversity of their customers. In a recent anonymous survey 87% of the 30,000 employees felt that people from diverse backgrounds can succeed at Aviva and over the last 24 months in excess of 5,000 Aviva employees have identified themselves visibly as LGBT+ allies. Most recently, Mark joined the Aviva OUTsurance bus as the only FTSE100 CEO enjoying and celebrating London Pride on the day. Additionally as a campaigner for sustainable business he has spoken at the UN about the role business has in creating a better society and earlier this year gave the key note speech at the launch of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. He is also key driver in Aviva’s relationships with stonewall and OUTstanding, ensuring sponsorship for major events and working to establish Aviva as the only insurer in the Stonewall top 100 workplace equality index.
