Diversity and inclusion

Diverse by nature

As an international partnership with local roots around the world, Forvis Mazars is - by nature - a geographically diverse organisation that has grown thanks to the different nationalities, languages and educational backgrounds of our team.

Value for our business, our clients and our communities is created by embracing different perspectives, empowering our people and bringing to the table varied experiences, views and skills. Making the most of these differences as an inclusive organisation allows us to solve problems, drive our business forward and ultimately serve our clients better.

Inclusive by design

Our true commitment to diversity starts at the top level with our Group Executive Board, where eight nationalities are represented. Building on this, we know that diversity goes far beyond geography: we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where teams, leaders and performance come in various forms, and from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and where these differences lead to greater value and success. 

These differences include, but are not limited to differences in ability, age, culture, education, gender, gender identity and expression, language, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic context and working style. As such, 38%* of our countries are actively working on forms of diversity other than gender with dedicated programmes in place.

_{*of 89 countries have reported that as of August 2022-23}

Zoom on inclusion

Our latest people survey, conducted in November 2023 and which gathered the views of 10,000 respondents highlighted the following insights:

• An average of 87% of our talent feel respected within the workspace and believe in our Forvis Mazars’ values.
• 79% of the respondents feel at ease when bringing up difficult conversations within their teams.
• 76% of the respondents take pride in being associated with Forvis Mazars.
• 81% of our people feel they can be themselves at work.
• 78% believe that at Forvis Mazars everyone can succeed to their full potential, no matter who they are (e.g. all ages, cultural backgrounds, genders, races, religions, disabilities, etc.); while 84% of the respondents believe that Forvis Mazars offers them the opportunities to learn and develop further.

Zoom on gender equity, diversity and inclusion

In recent years we have increased the representation of women in leadership positions and made significant progress towards gender equality across our organisation:

• 66% of our 103 countries have a specific gender diversity action plan in place, while 29 of these have set dedicated gender diversity targets.
• We have increased the number of female partners significantly in the past years to 23%.
• Women make up 31% of the global leadership team. They also represent 43% of our governance bodies overall (members of our Group Executive Board and our Group Governance Council taken together).
• 59% of our 95+ countries track and share their gender diversity indicators. Half of them (50%) report having gender diversity initiatives and programmes in place, of which 57% have specific HR policies to support flexible work schemes and/or work-life balance.
• 68 countries** at Forvis Mazars have a specific gender diversity action plan in place, of which 29 countries have put in place dedicated gender diversity targets.
• Our Group management team is composed of 57% women C-suite executives, leading our finance, marketing and communications, quality and risk, innovation, technology and general secretary functions.

_{**of 91 countries have reported that as of August 2022-23}

• 202019% women partners
  Start DEI strategy
• 202423% women partners
  Ongoing strategy
• 202830% women partners
  Target

We have established a community of 220 DE&I champions across our partnership. By facilitating regular exchanges, we are able to better understand local contexts and drive meaningful change to further promote DE&I. In 2023, our DE&I champions participated in five dedicated sessions to discuss priorities and actions and share best practices. 

Forvis Mazars in Ireland Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

In accordance with ‘The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021’, we have published our Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

Hourly pay
The difference between the mean hourly pay of male employees and that of female employees: -2.69%
The difference between the median hourly pay of male employees and that of female employees: -8.74%

Bonus pay
The difference between the mean bonus pay of male employees and that of female employees: 5.31%
The difference between the median bonus pay of male employees and that of female employees: -100%