Zoom "Mood music is changing on DE&I” with Portfolio NED Francesca Ecsery

"Mood music is changing on DE&I”

That line captures what we see in headlines and political debate right now.

But headlines aren’t the whole story.

When we look at what actually moves business performance (innovation, decision-quality, customer insight, employee engagement and retention )  the evidence is clear: companies that invested in DE&I for strategic reasons have seen measurable business gains.

What’s changing is sometimes the language they use in public; what’s not changing is the underlying logic: diversity improves results.

 In this session Francesca will share her tips and insight on how to process diversity, equity and inclusion discussions in the boardroom.

Francesca Ecsery

Experienced Portfolio Non-Executive Director, SID & Committee Chair

Air France, Henderson High Income, Haffner Energy, Association of Investment Companies

Francesca is a Portfolio Non-Executive Director, SID and Chair of remunerations committee with expertise in Marketing and 30+ years’ experience in directing in both blue-chip companies a well as start-ups in the Digital / Retail / FMCG / Leisure Travel industries, taking them IPO or exit and works as a Mentor to several digital entrepreneurs and senior executives.

Currently, Francesca is a Non-Executive Director on 4 boards, Henderson High Income plc., Air France SA, Haffner Energy SA and The Association of Investment Companies. She Chairs the RemCom for the last 2 companies, the Sustainability Committee at Haffner Energy as well as Chair of the ‘NED Talks’ workshop program for Senior Women at WACL ltd. She works as a Board Mentor for Criticaleye as well directly with clients who are predominately senior leaders facing career junctions or want to be NEDs. Previously, she has served on the Boards of CT Automotive plc., Marshall Motor Holdings plc., Share plc, Good Energy Group plc., We Are Vista ltd and F&C Investment Trust plc. a FTSE 100 company

Prior to going plural, Francesca worked as strategy consultant with McKinsey during the ‘80s, as a marketeer in consumer goods and retail industries during the ‘90s (PepsiCo, Thomas Cook, Going Places, Thorn EMI) and as Managing Director / General Manager in digital ecommerce businesses during the ‘00s in the leisure travel industries (STA Travel, Cheapflights Media, IfYouTravel.com).

A graduate of Geneva University in Political Science and International Relations, Francesca also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. She speaks 6 languages: French, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian fluently and Italian conversational. She is a British and Hungarian citizen, lives in London and Provence with her husband Tim.

www.FrancescaEcsery.com

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