Chris Folwell

Senior DEI Leader and Business Partner for Uber's Global Mobility business (Ops, Sales, Business Development, Uber For Business);

Led multiple cross-functional teams to deliver various, impactful programmes at scale by coaching and empowering team members (programmes include Sponsorship, Leadership Communities, Culture Change Programmes etc)

Partnering with Global People Directors on redesigning People processes to embed inclusivity throughout (performance management processes, talent forums etc);

Leading on DEI Data Strategy (what demographic data does Uber collect, how, why + what is it used for);

Co-created Uber's first comprehensive research report on accessibility for Uber's global people with disability employee base to inform future strategy and action;

DEI Expert and Coach for business leaders (IDI Cultural Competence Accredited Leader), HR COE colleagues, junior DEI team members and external speaker on inclusive workplace practices

Owned, developed and led cross-functional DEI Strategy across 10 business functions + 41 countries;

Member of People Leadership Team, collaborating on all People processes to integrate DEI elements;

Business Partner to all Regional Leadership Team members, building function-specific DEI action plans based on data, with executive sponsorship for all actions;

Designed Women's Leadership Development Pilot in 2022 for critical talent, resulting in 84% positive feedback and expansion to Global programme, launching in 2023;

Created the Senior Women's Leadership Community to build network and connection as a form of retention;

Lead on Global DEI Data Strategy - collaborating with People Analytics on DEI data visibility, usage and integration into HR tools (employee experience, promotion, HR management systems etc);

Consulted on large-scale regional marketing campaigns to ensure representation across campaigns (in front of and behind the camera) and to ensure appropriate use of cultural queues;

Delivered Disability Inclusion Strategy, building regulatory and employee experience success criteria, partnering multiple country Leaders and regional FM team to build action plans and comms strategies;

Coached and mentored all 8 ERG Leaders, ensuring strategies are developed, action plans built and Executive Sponsorship agreed;

Finalist for the British Diversity Awards 2020 'Diversity Champion of the Year';

Built the first 3-year D&I People Strategy;

Launched Inclusive Mentoring in August 2020, matching 190 senior leaders with Black employee Mentors;

Influenced Retail Directors to deliver business-wide activity for 2019/20 International Women's Day and Pride building employee engagement and satisfaction;

Supported leadership and the Ethnic Minority Diversity Network to deliver Black History Month 2020 plans;

Held a flexible working panel with external business leaders, influencers (@motherPukka) & internal leaders, resulting in a new policy launch & increase in part-time roles business-wide;

Senior ally to 8 Diversity Networks, Mentor to the Chair of the LGBTQ+ Network and Coach to 2 others

Led D&I activity on gender representation in leadership and flexible working;

Delivered leadership event on time, to budget over 8 days at the Birmingham NEC for 8,700 managers;

Improved relationship between People function and Retail area by challenging misconceptions and behaviours on both side & improving the People service;

Prioritised talent development for leadership & board succession, creating talent pipelines for critical roles;

Influenced the broader People function to become more effective and efficient;

Led a team of People professionals to create a leadership assessment process on time, significantly below budget, to select 150 senior leaders for new positions;

Built talent and succession plans for critical roles across Retail, People and Finance, reducing flight risks;

Provided D&I-related senior leadership talent data and insight resulting in more informed decision-making;

Defined critical skills business-wide & influenced leaders to prioritise talent.

• Roles: People Business Partner, Finance (1 year); Brand Planning Manager (1 year); Shop Management (1 year);

Led HR and Organisation Design team in Finance transformation programme, reducing FTE from 422 to 267, reducing 3 divisional teams to 1, saving £4.1 million over a 3-year period;

Designed and implemented a product review programme for Waitrose & Partners, resulting in clarity of return on investment of new product launches, increasing profits across multiple categories;

Project managed & launched re-design of major supermarket brand, on time, to budget, with minimal waste;

Led shop of 180 staff through contractual changes with no loss of talent & appropriate staffing following supply delivery changes.

Business partnered engineering and manufacturing management;

Designed and launched Electronics graduate programme, developing internal talent in emerging skill for Aerospace division & influenced European Leadership to include scheme in global graduate programme;

Partnered Site HR Manager on collective bargaining negotiations with recognised Trade Union;

Created global standard processes for talent attraction & graduate recruitment for the UK and EU division;

System expert across all HR systems, from Payroll and Benefits platform to core HR.