Global accounting and consulting firm Grant Thornton has hit a diversity milestone in the UAE, welcoming Dana Al Yazeedi as its first Emirati partner in the Advisory business.
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In 2024, Anna Anthony has become the first woman to lead the UK wing of a Big Four accounting and consulting firm. Geeta Nargund, chair of gender diversity consultancy The Pipeline, explores what that means for inclusion and diversity in the historically male-dominated industry.
Recognizing social and racial inequalities that have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social justice movements, the private equity (PE) industry has set its sights on addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with urgency and commitment, according to EY report
INvolve, a diversity and inclusion consultancy, has named Gabrielle Novacek and Michael Schachtner of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Diana Ellsworth of McKinsey & Company among its 100 global OUTstanding LGBT+ Executive Role Models.
Diversity isn't just about hiring more ethnic minorities and women. As the UK's Financial Conduct Authority noted in its recent discussion paper, diversity extends to all the legally protected characteristics (age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation), plus socio‑economic diversity and cultural background.
TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, has successfully completed an alpha trial of a new Inclusion and Diversity Score (IDS) – a single, universal index, believed to be the first in the world to measure both diversity and cultural inclusiveness, providing a benchmark for real change.
America — and American business — is undergoing much-needed soul searching about race and equity in the workplace. Corporations across America are affirming their commitments to diversity.
Strategy consultancy Bain will not budge from its “rigorous” selection process that led to the appointment of three times more men than women to management in the past seven years, says managing partner Peter Stumbles.
Chris Webber, a former five-time NBA All Star, has joined Atlanta-based management consulting firm Yardstick Management as a partner. Webber will serve as head of strategic partnerships and as an image consultant.
We sat down with Brian Rolfes, the partner in charge of global recruiting for McKinsey, to discuss the firm’s strategy to recruiting during COVID-19 and capture his tips for virtual or remote interviewing
"Addressing pay and equity is completely within our control as companies," Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said during an Axios event, adding that CEOs need to do more to promote people of colour to management positions.
Although women make up just over half of the college-educated workforce, they hold less than one third of B2B sales jobs. According to 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics data, women are underrepresented in B2B sales in most industries, including wholesale and manufacturing (27%) and financial services (30%).
Gender equality remains a major issue in the corporate world, and women remain significantly underrepresented in the corporate pipeline.
Arun Batra used to watch his father come home from his job as a taxi driver after a day of being insulted, spat at and once hospitalised following racial abuse.