Our Leadership Group is made up from a group of senior management roles from across the business. It is not based on individuals, and membership is reviewed each year.

The roles that are included are those that are directly linked to the delivery of our strategy and to how we perform as a company, for example managing directors and financial directors.

The Leadership Group was initially created for our Group Board and Executive Committee to ensure that the necessary organisation and culture is in place to be enable us to deliver our Group strategy.

Their influence includes helping ensure we have the necessary organisation, direction and motivation in place to enable us to:

• perform and deliver against our Group strategy;
• create the desired culture at work; and
• increase the engagement of our employees.

We are also running a pilot with a number of our senior managers to place them on the boards of selected UK charities. This will help us to better understand the social issues which underpin our business as well as bringing industry experience to those organisations as part of the Senior Managers as Recruited Trustees (SMaRT) scheme. A wide range of charities are benefiting in the broad areas of understanding health and money.