Against a backdrop of a global pandemic and mounting pressure to
achieve inclusion and gender diversity, Dive In Festival makes an
impressive return to Nigeria and goes virtual.
This event, billed to take place on Thursday September 24, 2020 will
cover subjects such as flexible working allyship, gender identity,
mental and physical health in the workplace.
Facilitating this virtual event in Nigeria is Esther Awoniyi,
financial broadcast journalist and business anchor at CNBC Africa with
renowned speakers and leaders in insurance sector, Adetola Adegbayi,
Executive Director of General Insurance Business Division, Leadway
Assurance Company Limited, Funmi Omo, Managing Director, African
Alliance Insurance Plc, Dr. Corneille Karekezi, Group MD/CEO, African Re
Group, Nike Anani, Speaker, Co-Founder African Family Firms and Mentor
NextGen, Ibitunde Balogun, Executive Director Tangerine Life Insurance
Limited.
This year’s theme “Promoting Inclusion & Diversity in the
Nigerian Insurance Industry for a Quantum Leap”, highlights the current
situation of women in the insurance industry, roles they play and the
future of organizations if inclusion and gender diversity is promoted.
The new virtual format of the festival makes it widely accessible by
hundreds of attendees per event and for the first time, attendees will
be able to partake in the Dive In events across the globe, regardless of
geography.
Reflecting on this year’s festival Dominic Christian, Global Chairman
of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, sponsors of Dive In Nigeria said: “In
light of recent events, the Dive In Festival’s mission is to advance the
development of inclusive cultures that are vital for businesses and
great for people is more important than ever.”
“Once again, we will be active in over 30 countries this year, and
our 500+ speakers and volunteers look forward to once again welcoming
many thousands of participants all over the world for a packed schedule
of inspirational and educational events.” he said.
Further speaking on the expectations on this 2020 Dive In Event,
GMD/CEO at one of the leading pan-African reinsurer – African
Reinsurance Corporation, Dr. Corneille Karekezi said: “As an equal
opportunity employer, we expect stakeholders to share experiences
covering challenges, successes and lessons learned in talent sourcing
and talent management strategies that promote and sustain gender
diversity across all levels of organizations in the industry. As such
the Dive-In festival is a very important and necessary movement needed
to change the narrative on diversity and inclusion in Nigeria and Africa
as a whole.”
Dive In is a global movement in the insurance sector to support the
development of inclusive workplace cultures. Its mission is to enable
people to achieve their potential by raising awareness of the business
case and promoting positive action for diversity in all its forms.
Registration for the insurance industry’s well-established festival for
Diversity and Inclusion, Dive In, is accessible via
https://diveinfestival.com/
Supporting this year’s festival are a host of Global Festival
Partners, including AIG, Aon, Aviva, AXA, Chubb, CNA, DLA Piper,
Kennedys, Lloyd’s, Markel, Marsh & Guy Carpenter, MS Amlin,
RenaissanceRe, RMS, Travelers, Tokio Marine Kiln and Willis Towers
Watson.
Information on previous festivals and about global inclusion and
diversity in the insurance sector is available on the event website.
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