Description

As part of our US Black History Month celebration we are joined by Dr Leroy Nunery and Soraya Wright. This is a discussion about the current landscape within the diversity, equity and inclusion space and what Beazley and other insurance carriers should do to continue its upward trajectory in being a front runner within the landscape.

About our guest speakers

Dr. Leroy D. Nunery II

Dr. Leroy D. Nunery II serves as the President of Evolution Advisors LLC where he is accelerating their mission of greater access to financial services for minority-owned businesses and diverse communities. Dr. Nunery brings over 40 years of experience in a wide breadth of industries, including corporate banking and capital markets, higher education, professional sports including the NBA, charter school management and public education. In 2007, he founded PlūsUltré LLC, a strategic advisory firm that focuses on turnarounds, transformations, governance training and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategies, among other areas. In 2017, PlūsUltré was commissioned to author a groundbreaking study titled, “The Journey of African American Insurance Professionals: Past and Present,” which has been widely praised and cited within the industry as a resource to better understand DEI dynamics.

Soraya Wright

Soraya is the founder and CEO of SMW Risk Management Consulting, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She brings more than 30 years of experience in managing complex risks for a range of global businesses, specializing in evaluating enterprise risks and determining mitigation and risk strategies. Her previous leadership roles have included senior risk management and crisis management positions at Target and The Clorox Company, as well as president of the board of directors of the latter’s captive insurance subsidiary, which she formed.

A champion for inclusion and diversity, Soraya has led businesses’ strategies to change policies, establish protocols and implement practices that drive positive cultural change and business outcomes. She has influenced many organizations I&D strategies in a variety of formal roles including as a member of the diversity advisory board at Clorox, as co-lead of an African American Employee Resource Group (ERG) and as a member of a women’s ERG leadership team at Clorox. Soraya also serves on the Risk & Insurance Management Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Council and she has previously served on the Client Advisory Board of several insurance companies and commercial insurance brokerage firms, including ACE (Chubb), FM Global, and Marsh. Soraya currently serves on the BICI (Beazley) non-executive director.