Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customer and employees, announced the appointment of diversity advocate Randi Bryant as the company’s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
With more than 20 years of experience, Bryant has helped large and complex organisations like Comcast, McDonald’s, the New York Transit Authority, and the U.S. Department of State, to equip employees with the tools to foster an inclusive work environment.
In the past year, Freshworks improved diversity across all levels, with women and people of colour composing a majority of its recent leadership hires. At the moment, 80 percent of its executive team are people of colour and 20 percent are women. Freshworks has more than 1,300 women employees globally and has issued a pledge to increase the representation of women in its workforce to at least 40 percent in the next two years.
Bryant’s expertise will contribute to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) continue to be woven into every part of the company, from hiring and supporting employees to partner vetting, product strategy, and beyond.
Randi Bryant, chief diversity and inclusion officer of Freshworks, said:
"I've spent my career disrupting the way legacy organizations manage diversity and inclusion and it was clear right away that Freshworks is a kindred spirit in its approach to upending the status quo with a better way."
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