The Robert Walters Group has announced the promotion of Coral Bamgboye to Global Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; reporting directly to CEO Robert Walters.
Bamgboye started her career with the Robert Walters Group in 2007 under the RPO arm of the business Resource Solutions. She worked in senior on-site positions at a number of leading global firms; before taking on the role of Senior Operations Director responsible for the operational delivery and commercial management of accounts across EMEA and US regions.
During her tenure with the Group, Bamgboye led and chaired the firm’s Global Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) Council. She has also been heavily involved with several mentoring and coaching initiatives; which have a particular focus on supporting youths from underprivileged backgrounds to prepare for the world of work.
PROMOTING INCLUSION & RESPECT FOR ALL
“This is a key role to support our ongoing commitment to a working environment that promotes inclusion, dignity and respect for all; not only for our own employees, but for clients, candidates and other stakeholders we work with,” stated Robert Walters, CEO of the Robert Walters Group. “The appointment of Coral not only allows us to make strides with our internal practices; but her expertise will mean that we are able to continue our work on promoting diverse hiring in our clients’ organisations.”
As Bamgboye is currently on maternity leave, the Group has appointed VERCIDA Consulting as the company’s global ED&I strategic partner. The experts in inclusion management will support the Group in driving forward its ED&I change agenda. VERCIDA Consulting is led by Dan Robertson, who will act as the Group’s ED&I strategic leader. Robertson is a widely recognised global ED&I expert. He is also Chair of the Lord Mayor of London’s Power of Inclusion programme; and brings over 25 years’ experience in supporting global businesses.
Earlier this month, Robert Walters published its leading strategic whitepaper Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace – research into ED&I in the workplace in the past two years. It also released Diversity: Practice Beyond Theory, a guide designed to help hiring managers identify and remove bias from their recruitment process.
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