This International Women’s Day (8 March 2026), the theme is Balance the Scales — and it’s a theme that sits close to home for us at Inghams.
Balancing the scales isn’t just an aspiration. It’s something we’re actively working toward, one step at a time. We have a target to reach 40% women in our Organisational Leadership Team by FY29 — and we’ve made real progress. In FY25, women represented 43% of our Board, 25% of our Executive Leadership Team, and 33% of our OLT, up from 20% a few years ago.
A big part of continuing that momentum is Infinity, our women’s group that launched in 2025 following International Women’s Day. Infinity wasn’t born from a compliance exercise or a tick-box initiative. It grew from a genuine belief that when women are supported to grow, the whole organisation benefits.
We started with eight hubs. Within the year, that had grown to 13, spanning Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand. Women from processing sites, operations teams and corporate offices — all connected, all part of the same conversation.
Throughout 2025, Infinity met quarterly. Each session created a space where women could share experiences, hear from leaders, and build the kind of networks that don’t happen by accident. The topics were practical and real — career navigation, confidence, what it actually takes to step into leadership. The conversations were honest.
And the response told us something important: women left those sessions feeling inspired. They told us they felt motivated, included, and like they could see a path forward.
What we heard mattered, too. Women told us they wanted more visibility of role models. They wanted to feel ready — not just qualified on paper, but genuinely prepared. They wanted to know their careers weren’t an afterthought. And they named something we recognise as real: the tendency to feel like you need to tick every box before putting your hand up, while research shows men typically apply when they meet around 60%.
That insight matters. Because addressing it is part of how we change the numbers. Through Infinity, we’re building confidence to chase ambition.
And in 2026, we’re building on that foundation. The program is deepening, with Clifton Strengths assessments to help women understand and leverage what they’re already brilliant at, and Dynamic Duos — a mentoring initiative pairing women across the business to share experiences and build confidence together.
We’re also continuing to require that 60% of shortlists for leadership roles include women candidates. In the first part of FY26, 61% of those candidates have been successful in securing their roles.
We’re at 33% women in our Organisational Leadership Team right now. Infinity isn’t the only piece of the puzzle — but it’s an important one. Because the best talent pipeline is one where the best people, regardless of gender, can see themselves at the top.
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