S05 E03 Chisom Udeze, Diversity Leader of the Year & Co-founder at Diversify on Dreaming Big and Owning Your Voice.

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Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact-driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil, and The Economist Group.
Chisom has just been honored with the prestigious title of "Diversity Leader of the Year" at the Nordic Women in Tech Awards! 🌐👩‍💼

As the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult, Chisom and her team work with companies, institutions, governments, and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society.
In addition, in 2022, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond.
In 2020, she founded HerSpace, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders, with a particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022, HerSpace launched HerTech, a Women in Tech incubator, for women-led companies, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders.
Chisom is a thought leader in DEIB and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She writes often on these subjects and also justice-related topics, and some of her work is published on Forbes.
Follow Chisom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chisomudeze/
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