These days more and more consulting firms are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to creating a more diverse and inclusive work environment. In many cases this entails retaining experts schooled in ensuring equal opportunities for new hires and internal promotions, and fostering better workplace communications with an eye towards inclusion.
Capco this week announced the hiring of Dee McDougal to head up US Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as part of the London-based firm's efforts to "effect a tangible step-change around diversity, equity, and inclusion."
"[Dee McDougal] will partner with our HR team, as well as leaders from our business and our affinity groups, to drive an integrated DE&I agenda and help us move the needle on awareness, education, diversity recruitment, mentoring, career progression, and best practices across the US," says Michael Pugliese, managing partner of Capco US.
McDougal has more than 15 years experience in financial services and commercial real estate, where she focused on communications and inclusion. Most recently she spent three years at Pacific Western Bank as SVP of diversity and inclusion. There she led the bank's nationwide corporate D&I strategy, developing and managing education and engagement programs both internally and externally.
McDougal also has an extensive background in community service, serving on the boards of Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, and Empower Dance Studio. She also serves on a number of professional committees and advisory groups, including the DEI advisory group and professional development council of the American Bankers Association, and the executive committee for the North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council. She holds a BA in communications and African-American studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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