The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) lately introduced that Martine Ferland, president and CEO of Mercer, and Christopher Swift, president and CEO of The Hartford, will take part in HACR’s annual CEO roundtable on the thirty first Annual HACR Symposium: The Energy of Hispanic Inclusion™.
The occasion, which is scheduled for two:00 pm ET on Wed., Oct. 11 and can culminate the 2 and a half day occasion happening in Instances Sq., New York, can be moderated by veteran CNBC reporter Bertha Coombs.
Cid Wilson, HACR president and CEO, identified in a press launch:
It’s a nice privilege to have two proponents of Hispanic inclusion on this 12 months’s HACR CEO Roundtable.
The roundtable is the annual ongoing discussion board of Fortune 500 CEOs for a nationwide Hispanic viewers.
Since 2007, the HACR CEO Roundtable has been the flagship discussion board for the HACR Annual Symposium: The Energy of Hispanic Inclusion™, which accomplished its thirty first 12 months.
It’s also a platform to debate finest practices associated to inclusive employment, retention methods, larger attain into the Hispanic client market, and variety in company boardrooms.
For its half, the Washington DC-based nonprofit Hispanic inclusion group will launch the findings of its HACR Company Inclusion Index™ 2023 report on Oct. 9 throughout the occasion.
Ferland is president and CEO of Mercer, a number one $5 billion international human assets, well being, wealth and profession consultancy.
She additionally serves as vice chairman of Marsh McLennan, Mercer’s father or mother firm and international skilled companies agency within the areas of danger, technique and folks.
Ferland is an professional in variety and inclusion, wholesome societies, sustainability, longevity and workforce transformation via know-how, and is one in all Mercer’s most engaged leaders in charitable actions.
She serves as a trustee of the New York Academy of Medication and is actively concerned in Mercer’s international volunteer program, Mercer Cares, which companions with organizations to create high-impact initiatives in training, catastrophe preparedness, and restoration.
Veteran CNBC Reporter Bertha Coombs will reasonable the HACR CEO Roundtable that includes Christopher Swift, CEO of The Hartford & Martine Ferland, CEO of Mercer on the thirty first Annual HACR Symposium, in #TimesSquare #NYC, October 9 – 11. #HACRSYM23 #Leadership #DiversityandInclusion pic.twitter.com/yRPdNGe8BA
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For his half, Swift was named CEO of The Hartford in 2014 and is a long-time advocate for DEI in addition to psychological well being within the office.
The corporate, which gained the 2023 Catalyst Award, is included within the 2023 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and was named a 2022 Greatest Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Marketing campaign Basis.
Along with his management inside The Hartford, Swift has promoted DEI inside the broader enterprise group, being one of many first signatories of the CEO’s Variety and Inclusion Motion Dedication.
He serves on the Governance Committee of its Racial Fairness Fellowship initiative, is a Catalyst CEO Champion for Change, and has joined Paradigm for Parity, a coalition of enterprise leaders dedicated to reaching gender parity at management ranges by 2030.
“These are two CEOs within the worker advantages trade with twin views on DEI inside their very own firms and their shopper firms. We’re delighted to once-again host CNBC Reporter Bertha Coombs as moderator to steer this dialogue,” added Wilson.
