Hogan Lovells has created a new diversity and inclusion committee as the transatlantic firm prepares to drive through a diversity plan, which aims to hold office and practice managers to account.

The committee replaces the existing diversity and board diversity committees with a single body with the responsibility for both developing the firm's strategy and the power to implement it.

Chaired by London partner Ruth Grant and including firmwide chairman Nicholas Cheffings and deputy chief executive David Hudd in addition to representatives from the board, the management committee and various regions and practices, the committee's plans include drawing up a refreshed global diversity plan for 2015-18.