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Risk in Context Podcast: Advancing Opportunities for Underrepresented Populations

Marsh’s Tammy Franklin and Ailsa King discuss the ways companies can help to create opportunities for candidates they may not have considered in the past.

22/06/2021

While some companies have made advances in ensuring representation within their workforces, there’s still much to do.

This episode of Marsh’s Risk in Context podcast features Tammy Franklin, Marsh's Chief Digital, Data, and Analytics Officer, and Ailsa King, Marsh's Chief Client Officer for the UK and Ireland, on the ways companies can create opportunities for candidates they may not have considered in the past.

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Key takeaways

Diversed perspectives

To adapt to the changing needs of clients and customers, companies need input from a range of voices.

Be flexible and creative

To attract and retain top-flight candidates, companies must be more flexible and creative to accommodate some populations.

Developing role models for others

Promoting from within diverse communities can help to develop role models for others as they seek to advance in their careers.

About our speakers

Ailsa King

Ailsa King

Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh McLennan, UK

  • United Kingdom

Ailsa King is Chief Commercial Officer, Marsh McLennan UK and CEO of Risk Management, Marsh. Joining Marsh in April 2017 as Chief Commercial Officer, where she works across the firm’s operations in the UK to lead the development of solutions to assist clients in mitigating the risk management challenges they face. Ailsa is also CEO of Marsh’s Risk Management Client Service Team, which serves the firm’s large and complex clients.

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