Internal Network and Inclusion Specialist Simone White on DEI, Networking and more

116: Simone is a multi-award-winning specialist, who works to
increase the impact of internal employee resource groups (ERGs),
maximizing the visibility and opportunities of underrepresented
groups to promote equitable inclusion.


Her advocacy focuses on empowering individuals and groups to know
their worth, seek commonalities with others, eliminate ‘blind’
spots, and elevate all.


Simone has worked within administration for over two decades.
Passion for administration motivated her to create an internal
network for over 500 administrative professionals at the world’s
largest asset manager, alongside
creating and implementing transparent, equitable career paths for
the administrative population. She is a leading voice advocating
for the profession.


Simone highlights the need for the administrative profession to
be more diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity, and ability and to
be strategically included by organisations when building DEI
(Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs that often omit this
group. Her ERG journey began first with women’s networks and
progressed to her own profession and those that reflect her
various intersectionality’s.


She is an international keynote speaker, author, mentor, and
trainer and has appeared on numerous podcasts. She is a life
fellow of the UK’s only professional body for Administrative
Professionals, EPAA, a lead on the Diversity, Inclusion &
Belonging team for the World Administrators Alliance and an
Advisory Board member for Practically Perfect PA.


Her work has been recognised and celebrated, being the recipient
of the Unsung Hero of the Year by Women in Finance in 2021 and
EA/PA of the year by WeAreTheCity in 2016.


 


Links:


Article:
https://executivesupportmagazine.com/the-need-for-inclusion/


Connect with Simone on LinkedIn:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simone-white-sim-plicity