Mr. Corley is an accomplished executive with more than 15 years of experience in change management, organizational behavior, business development and financial analysis.

In November 2004, Mr. Corley joined Abercrombie & Fitch as their first-ever corporate officer in charge of diversity and inclusion. In his role, Mr. Corley reports directly to the Chairman & CEO.
He is a member of a core team that has oversight for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative and is a liaison to the A&F board of directors’ CSR committee. Under his leadership,
the percentage of U.S. in-store managers and in-store models have become more racially and ethnically diverse than the U.S. population.

Mr. Corley is the co-founding member of the United States’ first-ever Diversity Management concentration housed at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and is a regular guest lecturer at the university.

To link A&F’s international expansion strategy with its commitment to equality and inclusion, he recently supported the inaugural European Diversity Awards in September 2011, held in London.

Maurice Cox currently holds the position of Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Development at PepsiCo. He initially held the title of Vice President, Corporate Development and Diversity since 1991. Mr. Cox is responsible for providing leadership and strategic guidance on a range of workplace and marketplace diversity issues that impact the company’s employees and its market performance. Before joining Pepsi-Cola, he was assistant director of communications and speechwriter for Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. Mr. Cox began his career as a journalist for the Greensboro (NC) Daily News & Record. He is also a former editor of Builder & Contractor magazine and has been listed in EBONY magazine as among the most influential African-American corporate executives in the United States.

Mark Heads up Diversity and Inclusion at Google for Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Mark joined Google from Ari Diversity Consulting, a global D&I consulting practice that he established in 2009 upon leaving the role of Global Head of Diversity at Barclays Group. Mark is an acknowledged expert on D&I and writes extensively on the subject including a D&I blog for The Guardian newspaper.

Mark has a broad background in HR having held the roles of HR Director of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, Head of Reward Barclays, as well as HR consulting roles at Arthur Andersen and EY. He began his career in the City as an economist and subsequently held a number of analytical roles including Head of Industry Analysis at NatWest Group and Credit Ratings Analyst at NatWest Markets.

Mark is the Chairman of the Museum of Docklands, Governor of the Museum of London and a Trustee of CareTrade Charitable Trading Company and a Trustee of the Inclusive Foundation.

Mark has a degree in Business Studies and in a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Dr.philos. Marit Hoel is the founder and CEO of the Center for Corporate Diversity in Norway. The objective of the Center is to present the case for diversity in business and also to insure that the Nordic business community recognises and utilizes the growing awareness of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. www.ccdnorway.com CCD published the first Nordic 500 Diversity Study in 2004. The study included a listing
of the 500 largest Nordic Companies. The study was supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic 500 studies are organized in a partnership with Nordic corporations and a Nordic 500 Advisory Board.
From 2003-2008 CCD/Marit Hoel was commissioned by The Ministry for Trade and Industry to analyze the development of women board directors in public limited companies in Norway,
targeted by the quota law of 2003.
On March 19th 2009 The Center for Corporate Diversity presented the 2008 Nordic 500. This time the Nordic 500 study included data on Corporate Ethics in the 500 largest companies in the Nordic countries.
In November 2009 CCD finished an analysis of the 100 largest companies in Norway. Results from the Norway 100 study appeared in the Cranfield School of Management 2009 Female
FTSE 100 study, released in London on November 19th 2009.
In 2011 CCD received grants from Nordic Innovation, under the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Nordic 500 study Corporate Social Responsibility and Innovation Strategies in the Nordic Countries. The study will be presented at a major Nordic Conference in Oslo in 2012.

Dr. Marit Hoel was previously the Research Director at the Institute for the Studies of Higher Education and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, Norway. In
2000, Marit arranged Norway’s first seminar on “Leadership-Equality-Diversity” where she presented her report on the emerging strength and competence of businesswomen in Norway.
Marit has also published many articles and several books on the topic of women and work.
In 2008 Marit Hoel presented an article (“The Quota Story”), addressing the process behind the quota law on corporate boards in Norway (Vinnicombe &Singh (ed), Elgar Books,
London).
In November 2008 Marit Hoel received The World of Difference 100 Award at a TIAW Award Gala in Toronto, Canada. Marit Hoel is often sought after by Nordic and international media for comments and analysis of measures taken in different countries to enhance women’s participation in corporate leadership. She is a frequently sought after speaker in international corporate and public conferences.

Birgit Neu is Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Development, Global Banking and Markets at HSBC. Named Mentor of the Year at the 2009 Women of the Future awards, Birgit is heavily involved in gender balance initiatives at HSBC as co-chair of its ‘Balance’ employee network. She joined HSBC in 2007 and has also held other senior positions in the Corporate Communications and Marketing functions.

Her financial services experience includes communications roles with Atos Euronext Market Solutions in London and management office positions with Instinet in London and New York, as well as working on their International Equities desk in New York. Birgit is a founding member of Women on the Wharf, a network of corporate women’s networks which includes eleven top firms in London’s Canary Wharf. She has a BS in Marketing and International Business from New York University and participated in the Women’s Leadership Forum at Harvard University.

As Managing Director of Cisco Spain operations, Jose Manuel Petisco is responsible for overseeing all of Cisco System ’s business in the country, including Large Corporations, Public Sector Vertical, Alternative Service Providers, Enterprise, SMB , Channels, Alliances, Business Development,
Marketing, System Engineering and Services.

Jose Manuel Petisco joined Cisco in 1999 and has held a variety of leadership positions in the company at Sales, Business Development and Marketing, in d ifferent areas of responsibility in Spain and in Europe. The strong focus in innovation in all sales and business development positions
d elivered significant prod uct and services revenue growth and advanced technologies penetration; Unified Communications, Mobility Solutions and Security . Several company awards recognition as Regional Sales Manager of the Year and Geography Operations Director of the Year has been won by
Jose Manuel in the lasts years due to the business results, the implementation of Best Practices and very successful joint sales and marketing campaigns within Partners and Strategic Alliances. Cisco
Spain has just been awarded for second year in a row with the price “ Best Place to Work ” by the
“ Great Place to Work ” Institute.

Prior to joining Cisco, Jose Manuel Petisco was experienced several leadership positions in 3 Com,Spain and Portugal, where he developed the Marketing & Channel business areas for all the market segments in both countries.

His previous professional experience started in 1986 at Ericsson IS where he held roles in the areas of Sales and Services. He moved to Alcatel Spain, where he leads the Data Communication Sales and
Marketing in the Enterprise Business Unit.

A graduate in the Universid ad San Pablo CEU at Madrid in 1985 , Jose Manuel Petisco has a License in Law and Business and Economic Degree. He is frequently in a permanent development in Telecommunications Engineering and Business Innovation areas.

Born in Madrid, Gloria Lorenzo developed most of her professional career outside Spain.
She has lived in Ireland, Italy and US where she worked at technology companies including Corel Corporation, Logos Italy, Lotus and Oracle Ireland. In 1999 she joined Siebel Systems
Ireland where she was part of the founder's team that built the Globalization Engineering group. She moved back to Spain at the end of 2003 and joined Oracle again as part of the Siebel acquisition. She has specialized in Internationalization and Localization in Software Design and has held senior positions in the areas of Engineering, QA, Performance Engineering and Project Management. She is co-owner of a patent on Globalization of Products registered in California and EU. Currently she is Director of Software Development at Oracle managing a Global organization spread across 33 countries.
In 2009 she started the Oracle Women’s Leadership program (OWL) in Spain to foster
leadership for women at Oracle. She is also part of the OWL Thought Leadership team for Oracle worldwide.

Helena De Felipe is the Founder and President of AFAEMME, the Associations of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen. She is also a lawyer, specializing in Corporate Labour Law.
- Co-founder and partner of FES BUSINESS CONSULTING, S.L. since 1991 (20th Anniversary), Legal Consultancy and Accounting for companies, dedicated to Management consultancy; its staff includes: lawyers, economists, financial advisors and accountants with its head office in Barcelona.
- Set up AFAEMME (Association of Federations and Associations of Women Entrepreneurs from the Mediterranean) in 2002, and President of the Organization with currently has 33 Member Associations of Businesswomen from 20 Mediterranean countries (Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Slovenia, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey). Led several International Projects (www.afaemme.org)
- “Labour market & Entrepreneurship Overcoming Gender Stereotypes”
- “Women Mobility Information Campaign”
- “Women and job mobility: obstacles and solution for women in Information and Communication Technologies”.
- “Break gender Stereotypes, give talent a chance”
- “Promotion of Women in Decision-making Positions in the SME’S of Catalonia and Spain”

- Counselor and Mediator for the Labor Tribunal of Catalonia (TLC)(2011).
- Co- founder and partner of an administration management company for women entitled “GESTORIA DE LES DONES” specialized in giving advice Catalan SME’S, run by women.
- The Founding President of FAEC, the Federation of Associations of Women Entrepreneurs from Catalonia.
- President of ACEE (Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Catalonia) for 8 years and since June 2010 Co-President of the Executive Board.
- Vice-President of OMEGA (Spanish Organization of Women Entrepreneurs) since 2000.
- Since June 2010, Treasurer of ANIMA (Association for Business investment in the Mediterranean Area) headquarters in Marseille.
- As a gender and business expert, the first female entrepreneur to present the conclusions of a gender Project in the European Parliament in Brussels in 2004.
- The only Spanish representative of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION in its Network of Gender Equality in Decision Making positions in economy and politics since 2008.
- Active participant in the publication of “More Women in senior positions, key to economic stability and growth 2010” under the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the E.C.
- One of the women selected to be a representative of women entrepreneurs in the Exhibit “Women, the Roads of Freedom” in the Museum of History of Catalonian.
- Organized International Meetings and conferences on business and gender. The most recent being the II Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Beirut (July 10).In addition, organized several networking meetings and participated in various International Forums ,Seminars in UNESCO-Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, Lille, Turin, Salonika, Sofia, Istanbul, Morocco, Guatemala.
 

Keerthana is the Diversity and Talent Inclusion Manager at Google and leads the function for its Asia Pacific region. She helped establish the function for APAC by developing strong country focused strategies, which include setting up and empowering Employee Resource Groups, building talent inclusion programs, supporting diversity related talent outreach programs and forging external industry partnerships.
Prior to D&I, Keerthana’s experience at Google has been across the HR Business Partner and Compensation functions. She started her career as an HR Business Partner with erstwhile GE, currently Genpact, and has several years of experience in Human Resources and behavioral counseling across the areas of employee engagement, talent management and leadership development; in the Eastern European and Asian markets. She has also worked as a volunteer counselor for a couple of years at VIMHANS Delhi using the Cognitive Behavior Therapy model.
Keerthana is a certified MBTI trainer and holds an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur and a Honors Degree in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College(LSR), Delhi.

Uwern Jong is Managing Director of Boutique Marketing - The Gay Marketing and Media Agency - a globally focussed, integrated marketing and communications business that specialises in brand activation, awareness and engagement among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trangendered audiences. His clients vary from multinational blue-chips including Diageo, Monster, Lufthansa and Hilton Worldwide to boutique organisations in their own right, in the worlds of travel, professional services, dating and public sector, in markets across Europe, North and Latin America and Asia. His work includes branding, internal and external diversity engagement campaigns, B2B and cause-related marketing, right through to full consumer activation strategies for this market segment. Before founding Boutique, Uwern was previously Director and Founder of Intelligent, the UK’s fastest growing marketing agency of 2005 according to Marketing magazine, a business he went on to sell in 2007. Uwern is also Strategic Brand Advisor to the board and trustees of Pride London and is a member of the events and fundraising committee at the National Aids Trust. His grassroots work supports Boutique’s local lesbian and gay charity, ELOP - the East London Outreach Project. He is also co-founder of Out There magazine, the world’s first luxury lifestyle journal for discerning gay men.

I joined Societe Generale in London in September 2007 as Head of UK-Audit and was appointed Head of Audit for Europe for Societe Generale - Corporate & Investment Banking in December 2007. Last Year I founded the LGB Network and now preside as Chair of the LGB Network.

In April 2010, a new (more geographical & covering all Group activities) Internal Audit structure at the SG Group was implemented and I was appointed Group Regional Head of Audit for the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Gibraltar, South Africa, Mauritius and the Seychelles, covering all the activities of the SG Group within this region. This includes Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Bank, SG Hambros, ALD Automotive, SG Equipment Finance, SG Securities Services, SG Payment Services and Esporta Health Clubs.

Specialties
Specialised in all Credit related Products; Credit Derivatives, vanillas products and more complex structures such as Collateralised Debt Obligations.
I also have strong background in auditing the Investment Banking Business.

Brigitte is Senior Vice President Human Resources Development and Performance for the France Telecom Orange Group. She has a background in marketing and communications in an international environment. Brigitte received an EMBA CPA Management at the HEC School of Management, studied at the Institut du Multimedia and EDC. Her hobbies are family, cooking, reading, movies and work. She is married and has a son.

Nathalie Malige is CEO of Diverseo and professor of diversity management at ESCP Europe. With her partners, she developed an innovative approach that enhances the effectiveness of HR strategy, management consulting and training with the latest research in mind sciences –neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This approach has already shown significant breakthroughs in increasing the number of international managers or women in senior ranks in global corporations. Nathalie has a strong background in international strategy and change management in Fortune 500 companies. Nathalie started her career in marketing at Procter & Gamble and Diageo. She then joined McKinsey and Company, expanding her expertise in strategy and general management consulting. Nathalie holds a bachelor of business administration from the American University of Beirut and an Master of Business Administration from ESCP Europe.

Company Profile

Diverseo is an international talent management, diversity consulting and training company. Diverseo developed a strategic partnership with Project Implicit, an international research project in social psychology founded by Professors of the University of Washington, Harvard and Virginia. Bringing the results of basic research in mind sciences into the business arena, Diverseo enriches HR strategy, management consulting and training with the latest research in mind sciences. Diverseo relies on a fact-based approach to identify key levers of progress.