Employee success platform Peakon has announced the appointment of Sheree Atcheson for its newly created role of Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I). According to Peakon, the writer, ambassador and speaker, brings a wealth of experience to Peakon. Her previous roles include Head of Diversity & Inclusion at online challenger bank Monzo and Head of Consulting Inclusion at accounting firm Deloitte.
In fact, Atcheson has been named as one of the UK’s “most Influential women in tech”. She is also the board appointed Global Ambassador of Women Who Code – a platform which passionately advocates for women being proportionally represented and excelling in technology careers.
DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE
Commenting on her new appointment, Sheree Atcheson stated: “I’m delighted to be joining Peakon – a tech company that partners with 1,000+ organisations to improve the working lives of employees across the globe. It’s exciting to know that our work together will influence, educate and drive improved diversity, equity and inclusion in companies worldwide. I’ve already seen first-hand how dedicated Peakon is to this mission, and how much driving positive change really matters to everyone from the bottom to the top of the organisation.”
Peakon CEO and Co-founder Phil Chambers added: “It’s fantastic to be welcoming Sheree to Peakon as our new Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Her experience will prove invaluable to us as we continue to empower all employees to drive positive change, expand our product portfolio to support our customers in building more inclusive and diverse workplaces, and carry on in our mission to make work for people.”
DE&I JOURNEY
Atcheson’s responsibilities include supporting Peakon in its own DE&I journey, while supporting the organisation to help its customers to do the same. This will be achieved in part through the further evolution of Peakon’s product portfolio, which is designed to help organisations build diverse and inclusive cultures through insights, training and actions, added the company.
To find out more about Atcheson’s DE&I ambitions for Peakon and how she believes Covid-19 will reshape the world of work, click here.
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