On our journey towards gender equity in the workplace and in our society, men have to be engaged as allies and agents of change. They need to be educated and aware of biases and they need to act to support those who are under-represented.
Formed in partnership with our women’s network (WOW), Men4Change actively engages men and all allies across our business and with our clients to encourage awareness, create dialogue, and instigate action to improve gender equity. The network coordinates three main types of activity.
Men4Change focuses on gender equity, but we also want to help colleagues understand that experiences are not defined by gender alone. The experiences of Black women are different from White women, and from that of gay women. So men must be allies across more than one dimensionMargarita Economides, Co-founder, Men4Change
November 2021
Podcast: How Men Can Challenge Gender Inequity
Explore the ways men can challenge gender norms, become feminists, and support women at work and at home in this podcast with our Global Head of I&D, Roianne Nedd, and Duncan Mills, a Partner in our London office.
Award Winners
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Read MoreAwards Christian Edelmann: Advocate Executive Oliver Wyman’s co-Managing Partner of Europe, Christian Edelmann, has been named a Top 35 Advocate Executive in the 2021 HERoes Role Models Lists. -
Read MoreAwards Stacey Kowalczyk: Executive Assistant Rising Star Co-leader of UK EMPOWERED network recognised in annual WeAreTheCity awards. -
Read MoreAwards Deborah O’Neill: Top 100 Women Executives In recognition of her long-term commitment to creating gender parity in the digital and tech sectors, Oliver Wyman Partner and of Head of Digital for UK and Ireland Deborah O’Neill has been named on the HERoes 100 Women Executives List. -
Read MoreAwards Nick Studer: An EMpower Top 50 Advocate For the second year running, our Managing Director has been included on the EMpower Advocate Executives List. -
Read MoreAwards Sumati Sharma: AeroTime Aviation Achievement Award Founder of the UK Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter and Partner at Oliver Wyman recognised in industry award -
Read MoreAwards Rupal Kantaria: Ethnicity Awards Top 10 Inspirational Leader Rupal Kantaria has been named a Top 10 Inspirational Leader in the 2021 Ethnicity Awards. -
Read MoreAwards This Can Happen Awards Four inspirational colleagues shortlisted from our London office. -
Read MoreAwards Joe Fowles: Advocate For Gender Balance London-based Engagement Manager named in 2021 Men for Gender Balance List.
Male Mentorship
Our research in the report Women in Leadership: Making The Invisible Visible shows that the next breakthrough in gender equity at the senior level will come from sponsorship programmes, where sponsors remove the barriers preventing women from being promoted.
As sponsorships often do not happen organically, Oliver Wyman runs Inspiring Leaders, where we pair women with senior leaders and provide a framework for building a successful sponsorship based on trust, knowledge, shared goals, and compassion.
Women who join Inspiring Leaders are 50% more to still be with the company after three years, compared to women who ae not part of the programme (77% retention versus 53%).