I’m a Bengali, Muslim, gay man from Birmingham, university educated, spending 15 years in the city as an Actuarial Consultant before moving 5 years ago to HSBC HQ in Birmingham working originally in Fraud before moving to People engagement.
I’m passionate to support gender equality and equity and those in the underrepresented parts of the community, intersectional identities i.e. black ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled colleagues. I create events that highlight issues faced within these communities, with hope of providing insight for those outside of these communities, creating further support for those within the community, hopefully empowering them to be their best selves
In the last 12 months I have spearheaded 9 HSBC-wide events and numerous specific gender equality events, with the support of 20 senior executives acting as hosts or panellist. These events have tackled a number of issues, many of a sensitive nature, including men and women’s health issues; discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community; HIV and testing, and transitioning. With 7500 colleagues from across the globe attending these events, I have received 100+ messages telling me how these events have provided awareness, knowledge and understanding for colleagues. There’s been a 15% growth in ally-ship across the Balance & Pride employee resource groups (ERGs) by those not affected by the same issues, realisations of the challenges faced by their colleagues and the need to provide support.
Active in supporting change of bank polices that have included procedural change on guidance on gender identity and sexual orientation effecting 5200cc