For International Women's Day 2023, we spoke to a panel of experts about how organizations are working to #EmbraceEquity.
Length: 60 min
Speakers: Debbie Wayth, Loraine Martins OBE, Tim Pointer, Marlies Brouwer
Recorded on March 8, 2023
In support of this year’s #EmbraceEquity theme for International Women’s Day, we are interested to better understand what equity looks and feels like in practice, and how organizations are supporting women in the workplace to reduce the experience and frequency of inequity.
Rarely are we just one characteristic, but this is often how we measure equity. How can we instead measure equity in a more representative and nuanced way? If we also consider our additional characteristics, whether visible or invisible to others, constant or temporary, and that the experience of a woman in the workplace changes through the various stages of life, there is so much to account for, and it can get really complex!
How then do we then measure what equity means in the workplace, and what’s important to women in this debate?
How to honor the complexity of equity
How to measure equity in the workplace
What steps leaders and organizations can take to make progress towards equity in a meaningful way
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Associate Faculty at Hult International Business School
Debbie has worked with individuals and executive teams from organizations including the UK Civil Service, BP, J&J, NHS, Swarovski. She coaches senior teams and individuals through periods of significant change, ambiguity or transition. She works with executive teams to improve their effectiveness, as well as with individuals. Debbie comes from the world of business having worked primarily in the energy sector in commercial, strategy and leadership roles for BP in the UK, Middle East and the US for over thirteen years. She ran BP's gas business in Sharjah, UAE through a period of significant safety and operational change, and was also head of strategy for BP Solar & Wind based in San Francisco, US.
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Global Director for Diversity and Inclusion
Loraine is the leading global Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging consultant at Nichols Group. Before that Loraine was the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail, for nine years. Network Rail maintains and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure for the fastest growing railway in Europe. With some 43,000 employees, Loraine led a centre of expertise, driving Network Rail’s ambition to be a more open, diverse and inclusive business.
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Operating Partner, Atypical Company
Tim has held Chief People Officer roles for global businesses in a range of sectors including brand & talent management (Creative Artists Agency); fashion, sports & retail (Global Brands Group; Pentland; Diesel); health (Nelsons); technology (Dixons Carphone); and liquor & wine (Maxxium). He has also worked on consulting projects across construction & housing; eyewear; pharmaceutical & healthcare; consumer goods; professional services; hospitality; and in the public sector.
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Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Employer Branding, European Investment Bank
Marlies drives the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging agenda at the European Investment Bank based in Luxembourg. Before coming to Luxembourg, she was Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Talent Acquisition for Asia Pacific at BNY Mellon out of Hong Kong. Before that she spent her career in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain holding various commercial and strategy positions across Private Wealth Management and Commercial Banking as well as Human Resources for ABN AMRO/MeesPierson. Marlies has a strong passion for people and talent, specifically in the area of DEI and holds a master degree in European Studies from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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