Beyond Lip Service The Investment Case for Diversity

While there has been near daily coverage of workforce diversity “issues”, it is critical to have hard data on the benefits of a more diverse employee base, board, and investors. How is decision making improved with a more diverse group? The Bloomberg Equity Index is attempting to correlate measures of enterprise equity with the public market performance of stocks. How are initiatives like this advancing the case for diversity?

Moderator: Al Osborne, Interim Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management*

Panelists/Participants

Esther Lem, Chief Marketing Officer Chegg

Amy Philbrook, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Fidelity Investments

Andy Rosen, Chairman & CEO, Kaplan

Joe Besecker, Founder, Chairman, President and CEO, Emerald Asset

Marius Istrate, Chief People Officer, UiPath