Vice Media HR chief: How to nurture a DEI culture

Nancy Reyes leaving TBWA\Chiat\Day for BBDO | Maximum Effort, Deloitte, WNBA champion female execs | Slack CEO says AI can spur a workplace "holistic reset" Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( September 21, 2023 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [Nancy Reyes leaving TBWA\Chiat\Day for BBDO]( Nancy Reyes, CEO of TBWA\Chiat\Day New York, will be leaving the agency to become Americas CEO at BBDO as of Oct. 23, succeeding St. John Walshe, who is departing. "TBWA\Chiat\Day NY will always hold the most special place in my heart," Reyes said, while BBDO President and CEO Andrew Robertson said of Reyes, "She is obsessed with clients and their businesses. And she is obsessed with the importance of great work and its contribution to those businesses." 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"When every step of the employee journey is seen from the prism of equity and inclusion, DEI can't be cut -- because it's how you hire and engage all of your people, and how you build the great culture that you tell the world you have," Auger-Dominguez added. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (9/14) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Report highlights slow growth of women leaders in finance]( Although the number of women holding financial C-suite and board positions has been increasing, the rate has been incremental and could hamper progress toward gender equity in leadership teams by 2031, according to a Deloitte Insights report. 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