Based in Bonn, Dr Claudia Junker is general counsel of Deutsche Telekom. She discusses the gender diversity quota imposed on listed companies by the German government, as well as the economic drivers for diversity of all kinds.
Founder and director of Inclusion Institute, Lisa Kepinski, has been a senior global diversity and inclusion executive with AXA, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard. She also co-authored the Inclusion Nudges Guidebook, exploring behavioural drivers behind bias. She shares her insights on achieving cultural change.
Barbara Levi Mager is general counsel and global head of legal at Sandoz, an $11 billion global leader in generic and biosimilar pharmaceuticals, based in Munich. She describes the legal team’s approach to diversity and how all views are heard at the table.
Alexandre Menais of Atos describes how the French digital services company built a solid business case for diversity into a programme that is embedded from the top to the bottom, with a sharp set of monitoring tools to guarantee impact.
Ian Johnson is the founder of Amsterdam and Sydney-based LGBT business development consultancy Out Now. He explains the strategic importance of an inclusive workplace environment for LGBT staff uncovered by Out Now’s global LGBT2030 research, and gives some tips on creating that safe space.
Dawn Lannin is vice president of legal for Europe and Central Asia at Paris-headquartered oil and gas giant Total. She discusses the company-wide approach to diversity and inclusion and the rationale for aspiring to best practice.
Juergen Reul is general counsel for BMW. He discusses how the German carmaker has moved beyond its Munich roots and why diversity is a key component of that growth.
Nia Joynson-Romanzina is the founder and director of D&I consultancy iCubed. A D&I futurist, her career has spanned both public and private sectors, including the UN, the European Commission and executive roles at UBS and Swiss Re. She explains how inclusion is the key to achieving company excellence, and how in-house lawyers can contribute to a culture of belonging.
Geneva-based Miral Hamani-Samaan is director of M&A, corporate transactions and international governance at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She discusses the paradox inherent in positive discrimination and quota-setting for workplace equality, and the importance of role models.
Former head of legal IP at Nilfisk, Lena Ernlund Malmberg, warns against separating diversity from company culture, and highlights the systemic factors that allow in-house departments to be more diverse than law firms.