Episodes

  • OPEN Talks: In Conversation with ... Sarah Griffin, HSBC
    May 1 2024

    In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, meets Sarah Griffin, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Global Legal Function at HSBC.

    This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion and will be of interest to HR and diversity, equity and inclusion professionals and in house counsel.

    Captions are available on YouTube. Recorded 4 April 2024.

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    18 mins
  • Everyday Behaviour Project – The View From Hong Kong
    Oct 17 2023

    In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, interviews Amita Haylock, Partner in Mayer Brown’s Asia IP and TMT Group, about Mayer Brown’s collaboration with Women in Law Hong Kong: the Everyday Behaviour Project.

    This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around DEI and will be of interest to HR and DEI professionals and in house counsel.

    Captions are available on YouTube. Recorded 6 October 2023.

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    16 mins
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – The Pensions Regulator's Guidance
    Jul 25 2023

    In this episode of OPEN Talks, our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) podcast series, Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global PSL for the Employment & Benefits Group, interviews Pensions partner, Jay Doraisamy, Employment partner, Christopher Fisher and Pensions professional support lawyer, Katherine Carter about the new Pensions Regulator's Guidance on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

    This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around DEI and will be of interest to HR and DEI professionals, in house counsel and pension trustees.

    Captions are available on YouTube. Recorded 29 June 2023.

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    24 mins
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – A Legal Perspective
    Mar 23 2023

    In this episode, host Louise Fernandes-Owen, Global Professional Support Lawyer, interviews partners from the Employment & Benefits Group, Christopher Fisher and Miriam Bruce, about what 2023 may have in store for employers specifically in relation to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) – with a focus on the UK landscape.

    They discuss four DEI areas that were particularly prominent during 2022 and will remain issues for employers to consider over the coming year: pay gap reporting, positive action, workplace investigations and culture reviews, and artificial intelligence.

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    35 mins
  • QBE, DNA & DEI – A Strategic Approach
    Oct 19 2022

    In this episode, host Chris Fisher interviews Nikki Lees, People Director, Inclusion & Wellbeing at QBE, about QBE's strategy and approach to diversity, inclusion and wellbeing.

    This episode is intended to contribute to the continuing discussions around DE&I and will be of interest to HR and DE&I professionals and in house counsel.

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    24 mins
  • Diversity & Inclusion at Mayer Brown and in the Legal Sector
    Jul 8 2022

    In this episode, host Miriam Bruce interviews Danielle White, Mayer Brown’s Diversity & Inclusion Manager for Europe, who talks about driving forward Diversity & Inclusion at Mayer Brown and in the legal sector more broadly.

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    15 mins
  • Equal Pay Settlement for US Women's National Soccer Team
    May 3 2022

    In this episode, host Chris Fisher interviews Mayer Brown partners Nicole Saharsky and Marcia Goodman who represented the US women’s national soccer team in their recent landmark equal pay claim.

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    18 mins