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WDLS-EU Opening Keynote from Andrés Tapia is titled “Diversity in an Upside-down World; toward a New Generation of Sustainable, Profitable, and Game Changing Diversity”. In this opening keynote, Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer, Andrés Tapia, and author of the new book, “The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation” will provide this big picture launch to our two-day gathering.

The World Diversity Leadership Summit- Europe is the European version of the WDLS www.wdlsummit.com, which is the world's leading conference focused on US and global diversity issues. WDLS-EU 2010 is focusing on “Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion by 2020” and is ideally suited for both advanced and new diversity and human resources professionals, this two day experience will allow participants the opportunity to discuss the complex challenges and opportunities related to European and international diversity management. Topic areas include “Age diversity, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disabilities, Return on Investments (ROI), Recruiting and Managing Diversity Talents, Democratically Changing Environment, Changing Affinity Groups, Supply and Marketplace Diversity, Working Parents, Healthcare, Global CSR, Research and Education, Audiovisual, Print and Social Media Networks, European Diversity Charta, Organisational Connectivity and much more. Participants will leave with new business and diversity tools, including those focused on bottom-line impact.

WDLS-EU Opening Keynote from Andrés Tapia is titled “Diversity in an Upside-down World; toward a New Generation of Sustainable, Profitable, and Game Changing Diversity”
In this opening keynote, Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer, Andrés Tapia, and author of the new book, “The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation” will provide this big picture launch to our two-day gathering.


Andrés Tapia
Chief Diversity Officer /Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader Hewitt Associates
Andrés Tapia is Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader, responsible for leading the company’s internal and external diversity vision and strategies. Andrés is a published writer and prominent speaker. He is the author of “The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity” (2009). As a journalist, he covered social trends in the U.S. and Latin America via articles appearing in publications such as the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, VOCÊ (Brazil), Benefits Quarterly, and Hemispheres magazine. He has been interviewed by major media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week, CNN en Español, and FORTUNE magazine in the U.S., La Nación and El Clarín in Argentina, El Mercurio in Chile, VOCÊ, Valor, and Revista Amanhã in Brazil, and HR industry publications such as HR Magazine, Benefit News, and Benefits Canada Magazine.

His experiences in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Spain, India, Kenya, and throughout Latin America and his native Peru have equipped him with a true global perspective. By working with Hewitt, and with dozens of its FORTUNE 500 multinational clients, as well as with public schools and law enforcement agencies, Andrés is grounded in the cross-industry implications of achieving a diverse, high performing workforce. He has developed actionable insights into how varying worldviews can impact health, wealth, learning, safety, and workplace performance.

Andrés’ innovative approach to foster an inclusive work environment includes shifting paradigms from tolerance and sensitivity to cross-cultural competence, and from programmatic to sustainable diversity. Andrés created several groundbreaking and high-impact diversity learning and multicultural marketing programs. He is also one of the founders of Hewitt’s Latino and Hispanic employee network group.

Andrés has received the following recognitions: Hewitt Exemplary Leader Award (2005), Chicago United’s Business Leader of Color Award (2007), CDO Exemplary List published by Diversity Best Practices in FORTUNE magazine (2006), Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement Éxito Award (2008), the Corporate Diversity Program and Diversity Ad Campaign of the Year granted by the Minorities in Advertising Foundation (2006).He is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow (Class of 2008). He is also on the Board of Luna Negra Dance Theatre.

Prior to this role, Andrés worked as a performance and knowledge management leader for several of Hewitt’s lines of business. Andrés has worked at CSC and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) doing performance consulting, instructional design, and technical writing.

He holds a B.A. in History with an emphasis in Journalism and Political Science from Northwestern University. He is married to Lori, a musician, and they have one daughter, Marisela, who since the fall of 2009 has been studying flamenco and art at the University of New Mexico – Albuquerque.