Starbucks hires new Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

Starbucks has hired Nzinga Shaw as its new Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer. 

Shaw announced her new role on a recent LinkedIn post, where she wrote: “After 5 tremendous years, I am leaving the Atlanta Hawks to join the Starbucks family as Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer.” She has been at Atlanta Hawks since 2014 as SVP Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. It was the ‘first-of-its-kind’ role to be established in the NBA to ‘ensure that diversity and inclusion permeates all areas of the Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena organisation’.

“I am overly grateful to the Hawks ownership, CEO Steve Koonin and NBA organisation for giving me an opportunity to create internal and external programmes with diversity at the core. Now, I am thrilled to join such an iconic brand as Starbucks to leverage the power of Inclusion ‘one cup, one person, one community’ at a time!” said Shaw.

Commenting on the appointment, Starbucks’ EVP and Chief Partner Officer Lucy Helm , stated: “We are so fortunate to have such a dynamic and respected trailblazer join us in this new role, where she will continue to focus on the inclusion and diversity experience through the lens of our partners.”