Just days after a PwC partner left the firm over an alleged sexual harassment scandal, new chairwoman Tracey Kennair has pledged to use her reign to improve diversity and pay equity.
has voted in a chairwoman, Tracey Kennair, for the first time, and she has pledged to use her reign over its governance processes to narrow the firm’s gender pay gap and better entrench diversity metrics.
New PwC chairwoman Tracey Kennair said she and her governance board would make diversity and equity targets central to partner pay.where they rated the attractiveness of women in their office and visited strip clubs, leaves the firm following an investigation by law firm Ashurst. “That’s the things we’ll [consider] to ensure that we’re being fair to all our partners and ensure there’s no discrimination, conscious or unconscious.”Targets for gender and cultural diversity would continue to guide promotions, and would be revised constantly as old goals were met.
Ms Kennair said promoting data around the gender wage gap would be key to meeting and advancing targets for that metric, noting that both PwC and corporate Australia had an increased “consciousness” of the issue.Regarding the PwC partner who allegedly took part in the yearly men-only gatherings, Ms Kennair said she was “surprised that behaviour was still happening”.
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