DE&I: A management fad or a source of sustainable competitive advantage?

Event Details

FinnCham HK, together with Aalto Executive Education Academy and supporting chambers, would like to invite you to our webinar "Diversity, equity and inclusion: Just another management fashion or a source of sustainable competitive advantage?" on 11 May at 6-7pm HKT.

This webinar introduces you to the latest thinking on diversity, equity and inclusion. It gives you resources to reflect on your own management practices as well as actionable tools to lead others. The combination of state-of-the art research with practical examples is powerful, making the webinar both impactful and useful.

Speaking at the webinar will be Rebecca Piekkari, Marcus Wallenberg Professor of International Business at Aalto University, School of Business in Finland.

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Speakers

Rebecca Pierkkari

Marcus Wallenberg Professor of International Business at Aalto University, School of Business in Finland

Ms. Piekkari is an expert on the challenges and opportunities of managing people in multinational organizations. Her work focuses on diversity and inclusion; the changing role of headquarters and management activities; organization culture as well as management of multinational and multilingual teams.

She has published 60 peer-reviewed academic articles in leading management and organization journals as well as more than 30 book chapters and 4 books. Her work has attracted over 11 000 citations based on Google Scholar. She is an experienced educator of executives from many countries, representing both private and public sectors. She has also served as an advisor to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Finland.

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the disciplinary field of international business she has been elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business and the European International Business Academy.