Departmental Diversity & Inclusion Officers

As part of the departmental “25 by ‘25” Fitness Plan one or even two Diversity & Inclusion Officer(s) have been appointed by, and report to their Department Head (or designate). In collaboration with the D&I Programme, the Diversity & Inclusion Officer (DIO) acts as the departmental focal point for diversity and inclusion matters.

Current Diversity & Inclusion Officers for each department

Department / Group	Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Beams | BE	Odd Oyvind Andreassen | Lotta Mether
Engineering | EN	Stephan Petit | Charline Marcel
Experimental Physics | EP	Adriana Telesca | Nathalie Knoors
Finance & Administrative Processes | FAP	Reda Boubir
Human Resources | HR	Jack Kenealy | Rebecca Wood
Health, Safety and Environment | HSE	Matthias van de Veire
Industry, Procurement and Knowledge Transfer | IPT	Anne-Laure Leonard
Pension Fund | PF	Kandy Mitchell
Stakeholder Relations | SR	Jeff Wiener | Daniela Antonio / Joachim Valdemar Yde
Information Technology | IT	Jessy Sobreiro | Natalia Szczepanek
Site and Civil Engineering | SCE	Vincent Gilquin | Emeline Weymaere
Accelerator Systems | SY	Maria Elena Angoletta | Jenny Sanchez
Technology | TE	Delphine Gerard | Caroline Hain
Theoretical Physics | TH	Kyriakos Papadodimas
Organisational Support and Improvement | OSI	Lucy Lockwood | Kamran Naim

Roles and responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Departmental Planning Officer, DIOs ensure the department’s nationality and gender dashboards are up-to-date and accessible, strongly encouraging departmental supervisors to consult these dashboards prior to commencing a recruitment process.
• DIOs present D&I-related updates to the management board, biannually.
• DIOs serve as a communications channel to and from the D&I Programme:
  
  
  • In collaboration with the Departmental Training Officer, DIOs promote D&I-related learning offers and remind departmental personnel of well-being related benefits, such as flexible work arrangements;
  • Consult diverse personnel to gather insights on how to progress on D&I within the department;
  • Facilitate sharing of D&I-related ideas / challenges / feedback between the Department Head, management board and the D&I Programme.
  • DIOs attend regular DIO Network meetings chaired by the D&I Programme.

The initial duration from appointment is 2 years, renewable for a maximum total duration of 5 years.

DIOs do not handle individual cases or complaints on diversity or inclusion-related grounds. The DIO may refer any individual concerned with such a matter to the department’s Human Resources Adviser.