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Category: Interviews

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Nia Joynson-Romanzina, founder and director, iCubed

The business case

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017December 10, 2019

Miral Hamani-Samaan, director of M&A, corporate transactions and international governance, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

ROLE MODELS

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017December 10, 2019

Farrah Qureshi, CEO, Global Diversity Practice

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017December 10, 2019

Lena Ernlund Malmberg, former head of legal IP, Nilfisk

‘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”

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Benedikte Leroy, Vice President and EMEA general counsel, Dell

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017December 10, 2019

Kirsty Cooper, group general counsel, Aviva

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Ana Isabel Montero Corbin, legal director, Japan Tobacco International

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Sandrine Devillard, director, McKinsey France

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”

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Tinna Nielsen, founder, Move the Elephant for Inclusiveness

Global statistics, collected by global analytics group Gallup, say that only 13% of people worldwide are engaged in their jobs, that the majority of people who resign from their position do so because they don’t feel their skills are required and used, and only 2% feel like their workplace supports them. Continue reading “Tinna Nielsen, founder, Move the Elephant for Inclusiveness”

Posted on November 1, 2017January 15, 2020

Donny Ching, legal director, Shell

The strategic case

At Shell, diversity and inclusion has always been part of our DNA. D&I is a competitive advantage in today’s global marketplace. Data from McKinsey & Co’s Why Diversity Matters report shows that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely to outperform their competitors. Continue reading “Donny Ching, legal director, Shell”

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