European Diversity Awards finalists

The European Diversity Awards (EDA) have revealed the diversity champions that have been shortlisted for this year.

Launched in 2010, the EDA are now firmly established as the continent’s most prestigious and widely respected diversity event. The EDA recognises individuals and organisations that have made a genuine difference to the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. The many award categories aim to recognise achievements across several strands of diversity, including race, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and belief, according to the organiser.

EDA 2021 FINALISTS

This year’s finalists, by category, include:

Social Mobility Initiative, sponsored by Accenture

  • Corporate Social Responsibility International Team, WarnerMedia
  • Host Response Opportunistic Infections (HOROS)
  • Man Group
  • Pink Dynasty
  • Project Access Denmark
  • Sporting Chance Programme

Inspirational Role Model, sponsored by IHG Hotels & Resorts

  • Arlene McDermott, LSEG
  • Asha Kumar, HSBC
  • Dawn Osbourne, Adobe
  • Eugenio Pirri, Dorchester Collection
  • Lance Uggla, IHS Markit
  • Pete Markey, Boots UK
  • Sara Bates, Alliance Trust
  • Steve Jacques, Key Assets Group (Europe)

Marketing Campaign, sponsored by TSB

HERO of the Year, sponsored by The Pharm

  • Bobbi Pickard, BP
  • Javad Mushtaq, Diversity Pioneer
  • Matthias Weber, European Pride Business Network (EPBN)
  • Noni Nyathi, NHS
  • Oxana Evsukova, IHG
  • Philip Normal, Labour Councillor

Media Diversity Champion, sponsored by WarnerMedia

  • Deca Media Consultancy
  • KVH casting
  • Parable
  • Project Leidmedien
  • Spotify
  • Vivendi

Outstanding Employee Network, sponsored by Standard Chartered

  • Ashurst Race and Ethnicity Equality Group
  • Deloitte Multicultural Network
  • Deutsche Post DHL Group RainbowNet
  • Egalite Publicis Groupe
  • Jacobs Prism Network
  • Johnson & Johnson Open and Out EMEA
  • Kin & Carta LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group
  • P&G People with Disabilities Network

Diversity Team, sponsored by UnitedHealth Group

  • BBC 50:50 The Equality Project
  • Clarasys D&I Team
  • HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking Forward Programme (UK)
  • Kellogg Europe Inclusion & Diversity Team
  • Oliver Agency OLIVER and Inside Ideas Group
  • Selfridges Diversity Board
  • Standard Chartered D&I Team
  • WarnerMedia Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programme

Company of The Year, sponsored by HSBC

  • Applus+
  • IHG
  • Lego Group
  • Mitsubishi Chemical
  • Novo Nordisk
  • nVent
  • SThree
  • WarnerMedia

Charity of the Year, sponsored by Societe Generale

  • COCEMFE – Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities
  • Daisy Inclusive UK
  • Eurofirms Foundation
  • European Disability Forum
  • Eurpean Network Against Racism (ENAR)
  • Femmes for Freedom
  • Rainbow Migration
  • The Oliver King Foundation

Community Project, sponsored by Deutsche Post DHL Group

  • Brightstars Autistic Club
  • Inclusion@Lloyd’s Partner Networks
  • Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN)
  • Kirklees BAC Community, Amber & Greene, and Kirklees Council
  • Musicians in Exile
  • NatWest Social & Community Capital

Diversity in Tech, sponsored by TikTok

  • Atlas Copco
  • Avast Software
  • Form3
  • Kin & Carta
  • Playtech
  • 10x Banking

Supplier Diversity Programme, sponsored by DeNovo Legal Services

  • INvolve
  • JALEO! Sports & Humans Events
  • Pfizer
  • Resource Solutions
  • Standard Chartered
  • Telenor Asa

Campaigner, sponsored by Kin & Carta

  • Assa Traore
  • Belinda Parmer OBE
  • Mandy Sanghera
  • Margot Szutowicz
  • Shani Dhanda
  • Tea Colaianni

Diversity Champion

  • Jo Campos, Resource Solutions
  • Lottie Moor, TikTok
  • Nurit Hattab, Electronic Arts
  • Shimon Akad, Playtech
  • Sunil Sheth, Fladgate LLP
  • Surej Raj, VIRTUE Worldwide
  • Tatiana Ohm, AgileOne
  • Yasmin Diamond, IHG Hotels & Resorts

HR Champion of The Year

  • Claire Hope, IHG Hotels & Resorts
  • Kat Redman, WarnerMedia
  • Mark Shrimpton, Martin James Network
  • Nicole Zube, Kellogg Company
  • Robert Hicks, Reward Gateway
  • Siraj Mayet, Kirklees Council
  • Sophie Yaxley, Playtech
  • Thorsten Eger, Johnson & Johnson

Head of Diversity, sponsored by 10x

AWARDS CEREMONY

The winners will be selected next month. This year’s judges include:

  • Janette Hiscock, CEO of UnitedHealth Group
  • Angela Walsh, Senior Director of Employee Relations EMEA, Australia and Canada with UnitedHealth Group
  • Asif Sadiq, Senior Vice President, Head of Equity and Inclusion, WarnerMedia International
  • Zaheer  Ahmad, Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity for Consumer Healthcare at GSK.
  • Vincent Francois, Regional Chief Audit Executive, Societe Generale
  • Pauline Elizabeth Lewis, Group Head of Talent & Diversity, Selfridges Group
  • Claire Harvey, Global Inclusion Lead, Vodafone
  • Hannah Graf, Global Lead – Transaction Monitoring Resource Management, HSBC Private Banking
  • Tab Ahmad, Founder and CEO of EmployAbility.
  • Jake Graf, award-winning director, writer and actor.

The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on 11 November 2021. Click here for more information.

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