‘It takes a big effort to stamp out unconscious bias’

Gillian Wilmot has a wealth of industry experience behind her, having headed up marketing at Next, Avon and Littlewoods, as well as serving as managing director of Royal Mail. Now a mentor and chairman of UK Coaching, which promotes the education of sport coaches and teachers, she has deep insight and strong views about how well businesses are doing at instilling diversity and equality across UK organisations.
With International Women’s Day offering an opportunity to gauge progress, she b