European Diversity Awards announce 2024’s finalists

The European Diversity Awards, which celebrate individuals, organizations, companies, charities and networks that drive diversity, inclusion and equality into the heart of everything they do, have announced 2024’s finalists.

Launched in 2010 by diversity champion Linda Riley, the European Diversity Awards, celebrate all strands of diversity, including age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, social mobility and sexual orientation.

This year’s finalists, include many of myGwork’s clients, including Sanofi, lululemon, HSBC, Swiss Re, Criteo, Allianz Commercial, Capgemini, JPMorgan Chase, Amazon, Bank of America, Colt Technology Services, Kellanova, Avanade, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Standard Chartered, Travers Smith, E.ON and many more.

Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year, sponsored by myGwork

myGwork is also honored to be sponsoring the Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year. Finalists for this category include:

• Allianz Pride, Allianz Group
• LGBTQ+ Pride, Bank of America
• dhProud, Dunnhumby
• LGBT+ and Friends, E.ON
• LGBTQ+ Supporters Network, EDF
• Identity Group, EMCOR UK
• FreshPride, HelloFresh
• PRIDE Employee Resource Group in Europe, HSBC
• Pride in JM, Johnson Matthey plc
• PROUD UKI Network, Kellanova
• L&GBT+Allies Network, Legal & General Group
• EMEA Shine, PwC
• TP Pride, Teleperformance Portugal

The finalists for all the other categories, are as follows:

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HR Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by Sanofi

• Ana Inés Urrutia de Souza, AI for HR
• Francisca Beloso, Alvarez & Marsal
• Danielle Ward, IBM
• Mitchell Armstrong, IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Rebecca Roberts, Kellanova
• Chami Dhillon, Kingfisher plc
• Frederic Patitucci, PMI
• Zsofia Komaromi, Publicis Groupe
• Ben Higgins, Societe Generale
• Vanessa Rogers, Tesco Mobile
  

Social Mobility Initiative of the Year

• GirlDreamer
• Reveal Talent, Accor
• www.CareLeaverMentoring.co.uk, Goal 17 Ltd
• EPIC Supplier Diversity Programme, IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Future Leaders Initiatives, Kearney
• Socio-economic Mobility (SEM) Network Initiatives, Legal & General Group
• Women Of Program, lululemon
• Optum Ireland Social Mobility Initiatives, Optum
• A Million Conversations, Sanofi
• Social Mobility Strategies, TJX Europe

Diversity Team of the Year

• Amazon Logistics EU DEI Team, Amazon
• Global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Team, Dyson
• Distribution Strategy and Planning Team, HSBC
• I&D Forum, Kingfisher plc
• IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action) Team, lululemon
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Team, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Group Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing Team, Sky UK Ltd
• UK DEI Council, Swiss Re
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team, Teleperformance Portugal
• EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Directorate, The University of Manchester

Charity or Not-For-Profit of the Year, sponsored by Optum

• Charity Bosnian Kids
• Eurofirms Foundation
• Evenbreak
• Himaya Haven CIC
• IMANcorp FOUNDATION
• SEDSConnective
• Skylarks Charity
• Talent Beyond Boundaries
• TGEU - Transgender Europe
• Tout Le Monde Contre Le Cancer (Everybody Against Cancer)

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Marketing Campaign of the Year, sponsored by IHG Hotels & Resorts

• Från soluppgång till solnedgång (From sunrise to sunset), Adidas Sweden & Obeya
• Women in STEM, Avanade Italy
• International Women's Day 2024 - Inspire Inclusion, EPAM Systems Inc
• Use Your Vote, European Parliament & &Co
• FURTHER, lululemon
• Channel Islands Pride 2023, Mantra Brand House
• The Most Illegal Beer, Muschicraft & Heimat
• Name Changer, Penguin Random House & BAR Ogilvy
• It’s Not Just Tea. It’s Progress, PG Tips & Calling
• One Transition, Two Perspectives, SEE Change Happen

Community Project of the Year, sponsored by lululemon

• Enterprise East Group CIC
• HAWA Multicultural Services CIC
• Slovenska Filantropija (Slovene Philanthropy)
• Clean Clothes Campaign
• Mentivity, Avanade
• Digital Seeds, Capgemini Poland
• The Professions Festival, Central Career Branch | Azerbaijan Public Employment Agency
• Giving Committee | Impact Weeks, Criteo
• HSBC x NIYO Pitch Perfect Community Project, HSBC
• PTC Therapeutics Community Team & 2023 FIPFA World Cup, PTC Therapeutics

Outstanding Employee Network of the Year, sponsored by HSBC Europe

• Menopause Support Group, Ardonagh Advisory
• BeAccessible, Bentley Motors Limited
• Carers Network, Centrica
• Working Parents Network, EDF Energy
• DE&I Committee, Experian Bulgaria
• HSBC Muslim ERG, HSBC UK
• Enhance, Johnson Matthey plc
• VETS (Voices for Employees That Served), JPMorgan Chase
• Balance, Macquarie
• Cancer & Work Affinity Group, Sanofi
• Family Matters Network, UBS UK

Outstanding Ethnicity Network of the Year, sponsored by Toyota Motor Europe

• Asian Network, Johnson Matthey plc
• BlackProfessionals@Entain, Entain
• Black Employee Network (BEN), AMS
• Cultural Awareness Network (CAN) EMEA, UBS
• Beyond, Avanade
• Race and Equality Network (REN), Capgemini
• embRace, E.ON
• Fusion, Macquarie
• Racial Equity ERG, HSBC Innovation Banking
• EMBRACE, Haleon
• BP PEN (Positive Ethnicity Network) UK, bp

Outstanding Ability Network of the Year, sponsored by FT

• Accessibility ERG - bp
• DisAbility Colleague Community - Ardonagh Advisory
• DiversAbility - Avanade
• NeuroAbility - Capgemini
• Neurodiversity Network - Centrica
• Disability Accessibility Network (DAN) - Colt Technology Services
• Neurodiversity Network - EDF UK
• disABILITY ERG - HSBC Innovation Banking
• DAWN (Disability And Wellbeing Network) - IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Spark - Macquarie
• Disability Inclusion ERG - Optum Ireland
• Global Ability+ ERG - Sanofi
• Dis-Enable - Toyota Motor Europe
• Disability Network - Womble Bond Dickinson

Outstanding Women's Network of the Year

• Women@Amey, Amey
• She Leads Network, Dyson
• Women's Network, EDF UK
• TOGETHER, Generali Group
• UK Women's Affinity Group, Infineum
• Gender Equality Network (GEN), Johnson Matthey plc
• Global Gender+ ERGs, Sanofi
• Business Women's Network, SAP
• TP Women, Teleperformance Portugal

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Hero of the Year

• Barry Pettitt, Avanade
• Satvir Bungar, BDO LLP
• Rebekah Riddell, Canada Life
• Claudette Whyte, Compliance Institute
• Chloe Ball-Hopkins, Dyson
• Olu Eyinla, HSBC
• Ibrahim A Zulfiqar, IBM
• Logesh Waran, IHG Hotels & Resorts
• Marta Janeczko, Kellanova
• Chris Barnes, Pareto Facilities Management Ltd
• Seema Bhatnagar, PwC
• Khan Grenardo-Simpson, Visa

Inspirational Role Model of the Year, sponsored by Allianz Commercial

• Vanessa Holtz, Bank of America
• Kat Parsons, Centrica
• Estelle Jackson, Ebay