XPO held its fifth UK Female Driver Forum this week, providing a safe space for female drivers to bring matters of concern to the attention of XPO´s senior management and to offer them an opportunity to network.

All XPO Logistics female drivers were invited to attend the forum, which took place at the company’s national distribution centre in Crick, Northamptonshire.

The UK Female Driver Forums have been an annual event. However this year XPO has held two forums, with the first taking place in April this year. Since then XPO Logistics has increased its number of female drivers by 20 in the UK and Ireland and hopes to boost this number even further this year. 

The forum covered several topics, including Neurodiversity in the Workplace, which is at the heart of XPO’s workplace equality and diversity values. It also hosted an interactive session for female drivers to provide operational feedback to help the company best support them. 

Lynn Brown, XPO Logistics UK and Ireland vice president of human resources, said: “We are excited to have been able to run our second Female Driver Forum this year, not only to celebrate the successes of our female drivers but to allow them to spend time discussing the topics that matter to them.

“Our Female Driver Academy has been instrumental in helping us move towards our goal of increasing the number of female drivers in our business and ensuring that we understand and remove any impediments to our progress. We want to continue encouraging more women to pursue this rewarding career.”

 

 

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