Annick Jourdenais rejoins Automotive 30% Club
LKQ SYNETIQ has announced that new managing director Annick Jourdenais has re-joined the Automotive 30% Club as a patron.
The news comes as the automotive industry prepares to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March.
The Automotive 30% Club was set up to accelerate gender balance within automotive leadership teams and unites senior executives committed to driving gender equality progress.
Jourdenais first joined during her time as CFO of LKQ UK & Ireland and was instrumental in championing LKQ’s original decision to join the initiative. Her renewed involvement comes at transformative time for automotive, with diversity and inclusion increasingly recognised as strategic priorities.
More to do
Jourdenais, who is also part of the European Women’s Network Steerco and supports progression and representation initiatives such as LKQ’s Women’s Network, said: “International Women’s Day is a timely reminder that while progress has been made, there is still more to do to build truly balanced leadership across our sector.
“As automotive continues to evolve, we need to be deliberate about developing future leaders -widening access to opportunity, strengthening talent pipelines, and ensuring progression is based on performance and potential. Initiatives like the Automotive 30% Club play a key role in creating accountability and driving meaningful change.
“For me, this is about long-term sustainability in its broadest sense, not only environmental, but organisational. The decisions being made in boardrooms today will shape how resilient and competitive our businesses are in five or 10 years’ time. Building diverse leadership teams is part of that forward planning.
“I’m looking forward to working alongside peers across the sector to help accelerate that progress and ensure our industry continues to develop the strongest possible leadership for the future.”
