LGBTQ+ Allyship and Beyond

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  Daniel Docherty

  Senior Vice President | Business Controls Manager
  Bank of America

  Senior Vice President | Business Support Manager within Global Real Estate Services at Bank of America covering Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Since joining the company as an Accounts Payable assistant in 2001, Docherty has performed several roles. In his current position he provides functional support and oversight across day-to-day operations, reporting, database and financial management, budgets, change/project management, vendor management support and business continuity. He is also responsible for the compliance management of over 500 vendor staff ensuring that the appropriate risk mitigation controls are in place. Docherty served as co-lead, co-designer for the company’s Global LGBT Pride Ally program covering over 40,000+ members as well as a founding member of the LGBTA+ Employee Network committee in EMEA. In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 he was included in the FTOUTstanding list as a Top 50 LGBT Future Leader. He sits on the, Interbank LGBT Forum, Out Leadership Committee and is part of the RAHM and OutNEXT Alumni. Docherty believes everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work to ensure they not only survive but also thrive. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-docherty-16150948/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/DanielDocherty5

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  Pepi Sappal

  Head of PR & Communications
  myGwork

  Hi, I cover content, PR and communications at myGwork. Our goal at myGwork is to empower the LGBTQ+ community by offering our individual users a safe space where they can network, connect with inclusive employers, find jobs, professional events, and news. I'm passionate about diversity, inclusion and equality matters, which is why I'm an LGBTQ+ ally and why I also run the equality-focused platform fairplaytalks.com. If you have an interesting story you think will resonate with myGwork members and the wider LGBTQ+ community, please feel free to reach out and connect.

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  Harsha Bhosale

  JAPAC Inclusive Recruiting Leader
  Oracle

  Harsha is the Diversity Recruiting Leader for the Japan and Asia Pacific region at Oracle. She has around 19 years of HR experience and had held multiple DEI, Talent Acquisition and Talent Consulting leadership roles with Caterpillar, EY and Accenture in the Asia Pacific region. She is also a speaker and mentor at various forums like CII(Confederation of Indian Industries), JobsForHer(now HerKey). Harsha is a certified Women Leadership development, Pride sensitization(L3) trainer. She is married to Sasha(Dj, Music Producer and Sports Entrepreneur) and is a proud mother of Yuvaan, 10. Harsha enjoys writing short stories, epigrams, quotations and painting.

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  Ciara Connolly

  Frontend Engineer
  Synechron

  As a Junior Associate at Synechron, I apply my frontend coding skills to create user-friendly and responsive web applications for clients. Since joining the company, I have taken the lead in developing a PRIDE ERG to foster DEI in the workplace. My goal is to continue to grow this group in order to create a welcome environment for all and to promote understanding through education on LGBT+ issues. I am passionate about learning new things, exploring new challenges, and making a positive difference through technology.

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  Tiffany Simmons

  HR Advisor
  Avalere Health

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  Christine Matthews

  Head of Customer Success
  Kantar Media

  Christine has 24 years' experience in the Irish media & research industry, 5 with Kantar. Prior to Kantar, Christine held commercial roles at News UKI (Sunday Times, Sun, Storyful, Unruly), and previously strategy and planning roles at Javelin Group, McConnell’s Advertising in Dublin and Finlay Preece in Sydney, Australia. Christine oversees the management of TGI across Ireland of Ireland, strategically supporting our Media Owner and Agency Partnerships teams. Christine is a regular judge and conference speaker with IAPI, MII & PANI, providing insights on the Irish media and consumer landscape using TGI data. Alongside her day role Christine is Global Pride @ Kantar Co-Lead, inspiring her ERG team to ensure Kantar is a beacon to the LGBTQ+ community, empowering & inspiring every employee to celebrate their individuality and flourish at work. Christine is the founder of ADvocates Ireland, a collective of LGBTQ+ individuals and allies who are on a mission to make Ireland's media, marketing, and ad-land a genuinely inclusive and diverse industry, we can all be proud of. We strive to create a safe and supportive space, to encourage industry-wide education, to drive understanding and change. Christine has recently graduated (08/24) from University of Limerick with a first class honours post graduate diploma in Diversity Equity & Inclusion and continues to use her learnings to support I&D initiatives at Kantar and beyond.

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