DICE - trends, news and update forum (Diversity, Inclusion, Culture & Engagement) (1)

Join us each quarter as we bring together a specialist panel of academics, practitioners, lawyers and journalists to discuss the latest Diversity, Inclusion, Culture & Engagement (DICE) stories and research.

As a round-table format and with contributions from experienced practitioners, this session will focus on what is having an impact and what organisations should be aware of (and focusing on).

Targeted at anyone interested in the DICE agenda, from senior executives and academics to those with a wish to fast-track their understanding on how to make an impact  - and be able to differentiate between investing in programmes with strategic impact vs feeling pressure to drive activity for activity's sake.

Agenda in advance: You will receive an agenda of specifics topics and stories we will cover the day before so we are right up to date.

Colleagues or students with an interest or career aspirations in the DICE space are also welcome to come as a guest with you.

Contributors

We are delighted to be joined by:

• Tanya Castell MBE - A former senior global banking executive with expertise in risk management, regulation and corporate governance. She now has a portfolio of non-executive directorships (NEDs) including Handelsbanken Plc and Border to Coast Pensions Partnership. She is a member of the FCA's Regulatory Decisions Committee, as well as the  founder of the Scottish based charity Changing the Chemistry, seeking to improve diversity of thought in the boardroom.

• Loraine Martins OBE - Loraine is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail, which maintains and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure. With some 42,000 employees, it is the fastest growing railway in Europe. Loraine leads a centre of expertise which supports Network Rail’s ambition to be a more open, diverse and inclusive business. Previously, Loraine lead a multi-award-winning team, delivering a programme of equality and inclusion and employment and skills in the construction of the its infrastructure, venues and facilities on the Olympic Park for London 2012. For this work Loraine was awarded an MBE. Loraine was the vice chair of the Trust for London, a grant-making body which tackles inequality and poverty in the capital and chaired the working group that funded London Living Wage campaign. Loraine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In October 2019 Inclusive Boards and the Financial Times announced that Loraine has been included in the top 100 women influencing engineering in the UK. In November 2019, Loraine was awarded the Mike Nichols Award (Association of Project Management APM) which recognises contributions to transformational change for the world and society.

• Simona Cilenti – An experienced HR Director at American Express,  with a current focus on Diversity and Inclusion for the UK business with over 5,500 colleagues. Before joining Amex, Simona held various HR Business Partner positions at EY and BT. In these roles Simona was also involved in delivering large HR change and transformation projects. Simona holds a Masters degree in Human Resources Management and is CIPD certified.

Charles Wynn-Evans from Dechert LLP will be our contributing expert employment lawyer and the discussion will be facilitated by Patrick Voss