Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity challenges entrenched attitudes and biases, providing different perspectives, and ultimately leading to better business decisions and enhanced market competitiveness.
At Valentine Thomas & Partners we understand the importance and the necessity of diversity in the workplace. It is well recognized that a diverse workforce can help businesses become more adaptable and allow them to better serve the needs of a wider range of clients.
Valentine Thomas & Partners is dedicated to promoting a diverse corporate culture in which different backgrounds and perspectives are not only represented but encouraged. Our research process is fully inclusive regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnicity.
Best Practice
Valentine Thomas & Partners is committed to promoting the importance of diverse leadership across the investment profession. We understand the importance and necessity of diversity in the workplace to promote a corporate culture in which different backgrounds and perspectives are not only represented but encouraged.
Our view is executive search firms have the potential to leverage their considerable influence at senior levels to be a catalyst for significant cultural improvements. It is important we challenge industry through the sharing of advice, data and best practice.
We actively partner with our clients to help advance their diversity and inclusion objectives. Our research process is fully inclusive regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnicity.
Diversity initiatives come from the top of the organisation, and it is imperative that the messaging is right. We help our clients fine-tune this, change the mindset and set up in the right way to attract a diverse talent base.
Prior to engagement we conduct a deep analysis to understand where the challenges are on diversity and how best to enhance the composition and performance of the team. We also conduct external analysis to gain a sense of the makeup of your business versus peers and the wider market. We capture and track key data from hiring processes to drive greater awareness and accountability.
We encourage our clients to consider practical initiatives such as agile working, returnships, mentoring programmes and high level-internships, gender neutral job descriptions and the appointment of a diverse ‘sponsor’ internally for the search to show commitment to the process.
We make it our business to have the best and most diverse networks and partnerships and are proud to have partner with industry leading organisations such as Women on Boards UK, 1000 Black Interns and The Diversity Project.
We cultivate these networks to help our clients break sector siloes to access different pockets of the market and candidate profiles. We provide introductions and offer our clients opportunities to participate in industry diversity initiatives and our own tailored events programme.
