recruitment ( female proportion of internal recruitment (2017/18: 32%) 50 79% 44% 2.6% 35% 12,773 36% 41% UP: Ambitions for senior leadership Last year, in response to the Hampton-Alexander review, SSE committed to three new gender balance for senior leadership in SSE post-demerger of SSE Energy Services, with the aim of achieving them by March 2021.