EXCLUSIVE: Damien Hooper-Campbell (pictured), vice president and chief diversity officer at e-commerce organisation eBay, will open the conference programme on day two of Employee Benefits Live on Wednesday 3 October 2018.
Hooper-Campbell’s keynote address, titled ‘Breaking with conventions’, will take a closer look at long-term diversity and inclusion strategies within the technology sector, and why these are often bypassed by employers in favour of short-term fixes. Hooper-Campbell will present the case that breaking this convention is a must.
The session will discuss the three-pronged diversity and inclusion strategy implemented at eBay and explain its focuses on the organisation’s workforce, workplace and marketplace. Furthermore, Hooper-Campbell will demonstrate how eBay can utilise its own platform to impact on and improve diversity and inclusion.
Hooper-Campbell, eBay’s first chief diversity officer, is responsible for leading the design and implementation of the organisation’s strategy for embedding diversity and inclusion across its global workforce. He also fronts the university recruiting and programmes team, to ensure that diversity and inclusion is inherent to eBay’s recruiting strategy.
Hooper-Campbell will be able to provide vast insight from the technology sector specifically as, prior to his time at eBay, he worked as the first global head of diversity and inclusion at taxi organisation Uber, where he founded the organisation’s diversity and inclusion strategy and led its community engagement approach. He has also advised technology business Google and served as vice president of financial services firm Goldman Sachs’ leadership development group.
Employee Benefits Live 2018 will take place on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October 2018 at ExCeL London.