d&i Leaders Global Forum 2023 Returns to London

The fifth annual d&i Leaders Global Forum returns to London on 16 and 17 May 2023.

The forum has firmly established itself as the leading gathering of senior diversity, equity and inclusion practitioners looking to accelerate their workplace diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy and build their professional network. The event features 30+ global speakers and 500+ attendees across two-days, alongside an exhibition featuring innovative solutions at the event, to inspire D&I Leaders make a difference in their organisation.

FEATURED THEMES

Key topics covered at the event include:

• The intersection of sustainability, purpose and inclusion.
• The importance of transparency and clear communications in driving meaningful change and progressing your I&D goals.
• How to maintain and accelerate DE&I commitments in tough times. Overcoming privilege denial to open up meaningful conversations around inclusion with leaders.
• Ensuring DEI is embedded across your employee lifecycle and the importance of acting on feedback.
• Understanding and engaging the next generation of talent.
• Positioning DE&I as a business opportunity and not only an HR issue -getting your governance structure right to ensure success.
• Supporting employees health and well-being at work.
• Embedding Global DEI – how do we embrace the challenges, motivate action and achieve results?

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION EXPERTS

Speakers at this year’s event include:

• Priscilla Baffour, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, TikTok
• Mark Baker, Founder, d&i Leaders 
• Sharon Blyfield OBE, Head of Early Careers, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
• Atif Choudhury, Chief Executive, Diversity and Ability (D&A)
• Georgie Court, Global Inclusion Specialist, Clifford Chance
• Ray Dempsey, Group Chief Diversity Officer, Barclays
• Shani Dhanda, Disability Inclusion & Accessibility Strategist & Network Expansion Belonging Lead, Virgin Media O2
• Jeff Dodds,  Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Media O2
• Toluwani Farinto, Partner, Ethnicity & Social Mobility Lead, Utopia
• Sara Gay, Head of Group Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, UniCredit
• Karina Govindji, Senior Director, Global Workforce Diversity, Google
• Pernille Hagild, Global ED&I Leader, Ingka Group, IKEA
• Claire Harvey, Head of Inclusion & Engagement, TP ICAP Group
• Wanda Hope, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Johnson & Johnson
• Margaret Johnston-Clarke, Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, L’Oréal Group
• Caroline Lake, Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing, RBC Brewin Dolphin
• Felizitas Lichtenberg, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, SumUp
• Martin McKay, CEO & Founder, Texthelp
• Cassi Mecchi, Director of Inclusion EMEA, Netflix 
• Manisha Mehrotra, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, EMEA, Bloomberg LP
• Yasir Mirza, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Financial Times
• Dan Robertson, Founder & CEO, VERCIDA Consulting
• Jim Rottman, Global Head of Culture, Inclusion & Belonging, Volvo Cars
• Asif Sadiq MBE, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Charlotte Sweeney OBE, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality Specialist
• Katrin Terwiel, Vice President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Deutsche Telekom
• Julie Thomas, Global Director, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
• Pascale Thorre, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Director, HEINEKEN
• Loris Vivien,  Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Project Specialist, Jacobs Douwe Egberts
• Annie Wu, Chief Diversity Officer, H&M Group
• Geoffrey Williams, Global Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Burberry
• Camilla Winther, D&I Learning Lead, LEGO Group
• Chris Young, Vice President Human Resources Northern Europe, Procter & Gamble
• Frida Marty Wallgren, Global Lead for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Vattenfall  

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