Membership Directory - Individual
Colette Comerford
Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging at Ashurst
About
Bio: Colette joined Ashurst in 2023 having spent over a decade working to create and maintain a balanced workforce at DLA Piper, LGIM (Legal & General Investment Management) and prior to that M&G Investments. Colette is responsible for the implementation of the firm's global inclusion and diversity strategy across the UK/EMEA/US region.
Colette is a member of the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) for Governance and Inclusive Leadership, the APPG is designed to help link up Government and Businesses, and drive the ethnicity agenda forward. Colette was named a Top 10 Champion Ally in the Investing in Ethnicity Awards 2018 and 2020. Colette is also a Lead Role Model Ambassador for LGBT Great – a global membership organisation specialist in developing LGBT+ diversity and inclusion; Colette was named a Top 10 LGBT+ Trailblazer at the 2023 British LGBT Awards.
Colette held other senior roles including as a member of the Diversity Project’s Steering Group – an initiative which aims to accelerate progress towards an inclusive culture and achieve diversity across all dimensions in the investment profession and was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Telegraph’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference in 2019.
Colette is a member of the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) for Governance and Inclusive Leadership, the APPG is designed to help link up Government and Businesses, and drive the ethnicity agenda forward. Colette was named a Top 10 Champion Ally in the Investing in Ethnicity Awards 2018 and 2020. Colette is also a Lead Role Model Ambassador for LGBT Great – a global membership organisation specialist in developing LGBT+ diversity and inclusion; Colette was named a Top 10 LGBT+ Trailblazer at the 2023 British LGBT Awards.
Colette held other senior roles including as a member of the Diversity Project’s Steering Group – an initiative which aims to accelerate progress towards an inclusive culture and achieve diversity across all dimensions in the investment profession and was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Telegraph’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference in 2019.
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