FUTURE TALENT November - January 2019/2020 | Page 20

BECOMING
INTENTIONAL

ABOUT
DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION
Interview by Sarah Wild
20 // Future Talent
Heidrick & Struggles’
global managing
partner for its financial
services practice,
Jenni Hibbert, talks
about “putting
diversity in the room
as a priority”.
I
n November 2018, executive search
firm Heidrick & Struggles made a
public pledge to clients, candidates
and employees that a minimum of
half of the initial board candidates presented
to clients globally on an annual basis would be
diverse. “Our firm is committed to fostering a
talent landscape as diverse as the world we
live in to better serve our clients and represent
our employees,” said president and CEO
Krishnan Rajagopalan.
We spoke to Jenni Hibbert, Heidrick &
Struggles’ first global managing partner for its
financial services practice, for insights into the
progress of the diversity and inclusion (D&I)
agenda in the financial sector.