Zoom Interactive Event: Diversity and Inclusion: Emerging Issues

Stephen is a globally recognised diversity, inclusion and leadership expert, and founded Frost Included in 2012.

He works with clients to embed inclusive leadership in their decision-making. Stephen worked in-house at KPMG as Head of Diversity and Inclusion from 2014-2015. From 2007-2012 Stephen designed, led and implemented the inclusion programmes for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games as Head of Diversity and Inclusion for the London Organising Committee (LOCOG). Responsibilities included diversity across a 200,000-person workforce, $2 billion procurement spend, and 57 delivery functions to inclusivity in an 11-million ticket programme and accessibility at 134 venues.

Following graduation with an MA in French and Spanish from Saint Andrews University, Scotland, Alastair began his professional career in the hotel industry, where he held a number of generalist HR and Management Development roles for companies such as Radisson SAS and Inter-Continental. After 7 years, he opted for a change of scene and moved to the International HQ of PolyGram, later to become Universal Music Group, where he continued to progress his career through a series of HR specialisms over another 7 year period, culminating in his appointment as Head of Talent and Management Development for Universal Music International. In the firm belief that a broad base of experience makes for a more rounded and balanced approach, he moved sector again to take up an OD project-management role for Barclays’ UK Retail Bank, subsequently ending his time there as Head of HR for Barclays’ UK Contact Centres, their Home Finance, and General Insurance businesses, overseeing HR operations for approximately 7,000 employees. Alastair joined Interpublic, one of the world’s major advertising groups in 2006, starting his career with IPG in one of their two media divisions (at that time known as Universal McCann) as HR Director, EMEA; he assumed additional EMEA responsibility for the second media division, Initiative, on the formation of Mediabrands late in 2007, which amalgamated all IPG media assets under one roof; subsequently moving into the global Chief HR Officer role in March 2010, supporting the global business and its 12,500 people through a series of major transformational shifts
in what has become one of the world’s most dynamic and fast-paced industries today.

Dr. Carmen von Rohr is a sociologist with extensive research and learning design experience. She began her career as a digital learning designer in higher education at Cengage Learning before joining CRF in 2018 to contribute to research and learning content.