Allyship and inclusion with IoD Scotland’s diversity lead

Overview

Susannah's realisation highlights the importance of active allyship in breaking down barriers and promoting equality at the board table and in the workplace. While education and empathy are crucial components of allyship, they must be accompanied by tangible actions to create meaningful change.

In Susannah's case, she recognises the support she received from her male co-workers as a form of allyship that was instrumental in her career advancement. Susannah's evolving understanding of allyship underscores the necessity of proactive engagement.

Being an ally requires actively calling out injustices, challenging discriminatory attitudes and behaviours, and advocating for the rights and advancement of marginalised individuals. It entails putting oneself on the line and using one's privilege and influence to effect positive change.

Susannah Simpson

Susie sits on the Private Business Leadership Team for the UK and is also Head of Private Client & Private Office Services for the UK firm.

She has worked with entrepreneurs, privately owned and private equity backed businesses throughout her 20 plus year career in tax. Susie specialises in all aspects of corporate and personal taxation for private businesses and their owners/senior management. She is a qualified tax lawyer and joined PwC 14 years ago following 5 years of experience in law firms in London and Edinburgh.

Susie’s clients include private business owners and their businesses across the full spectrum of business sectors. Susie’s day job is to bring them tax services through their whole lifecycle. Susie also coordinates the services provided to them (from consulting to deals and finance to investment) by the firm as a whole. From real estate  to international sovereign wealth and from newly established family offices to large FS funds - Susie acts for a large number of high net worth, private individuals and their families based across the UK.

Susie also works closely in a voluntary capacity with the Institute of Directors in Scotland. She is Lead Ambassador for ED&I for them which allows her to pursue her passion for seeking to secure a fully diverse workplace of the future across all her clients/contacts in Scotland and beyond.

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Contact

Litia Brighouse-Fuavao
Diversity Programmes Manager

+64 274 447 371
Litia.Brighouse-Fuavao@iod.org.nz

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