Total’s diversity and inclusion strategy is predominantly internally driven. For many years we’ve recognised that it is not only the right thing to do, but there is also a business case for diversity. Continue reading “Dawn Lannin, Vice President of Legal for Europe and Central Asia, Total”
Gender is an obvious diversity issue for us as a company that primarily employs engineers, and therefore is not known as an employer of lots of women. Continue reading “Juergen Reul, general counsel, BMW”
Diversity and inclusion improves excellence in execution and risk management, and it gives strategic advantage. It improves execution by enabling better problem-solving; it’s an early warning system for bad decision-making. Continue reading “Nia Joynson-Romanzina, founder and director, iCubed”
My mother is a lawyer and all through my youth, during the summertime, I would work as an intern with her or her colleagues, going to court, seeing criminal and civil cases. Continue reading “Miral Hamani-Samaan, director of M&A, corporate transactions and international governance, Hewlett Packard Enterprise”
ln Europe, diversity and inclusion takes on a cultural dimension – around identity, national culture, and languages. In the early years of the diversity and inclusion profession, issues of ethnicity and ethnic groups were less in the frame in Europe, whereas gender was much higher on the radar screen. Continue reading “Farrah Qureshi, CEO, Global Diversity Practice”
‘Diversity’ can become a pop phenomenon, a buzzword. What you need to do, if you are going to talk about it, is also to walk to the talk. You have to live it instead of communicating it all the time. Continue reading “Lena Ernlund Malmberg, former head of legal IP, Nilfisk”
At Dell, we believe that we can serve our customers better by reflecting them, and we also believe that if you create an inclusive environment, you’re likely to be more innovative. So for us, D&I is very much a business imperative. Continue reading “Benedikte Leroy, Vice President and EMEA general counsel, Dell”
Diversity and inclusion is about having a diverse workforce and team, but it is also about being inclusive, not just in terms of gender, LGBT, ethnicity and so on, but of diversity of thought. Continue reading “Kirsty Cooper, group general counsel, Aviva”
At JTI, we perceive inclusion and diversity as talent management, and believe that what makes a company is having the best talent. To that end, we try to ensure that JTI is a great place to work, driven by diversity – be that of thought, ideas or people. Continue reading “Ana Isabel Montero Corbin, legal director, Japan Tobacco International”
At McKinsey we have been researching this topic for the past ten years. There is still underrepresentation of women on corporate boards, but the underrepresentation is even more striking on executive committees. Continue reading “Sandrine Devillard, director, McKinsey France”