Diversity in leadership shines a brighter light on business and investment outcomes
Diverse leaders excel and lead across all sectors of the investment industry today. As decision-makers in their organizations, women and racial and ethnic-minority professionals bring their unique viewpoints and experiences to allocating capital, making investment decisions and helping recognize and promote diverse talent that mirrors the communities and companies they invest in.
“The vibrancy of dialogue around diversity, equity and inclusion across organizations is certainly more amplified today than it’s ever been,” said Nancy Sims, president and chief executive officer of the Robert Toigo Foundation, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that has been “addressing the intersection between talent and opportunity in the industry for over 30 years.”
Houstonians with unique perspectives react to Biden s plan to remove troops from Afghanistan KTRK
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Mumtaz Raofi is all-too familiar with the Taliban.
Raofi is a native of Afghanistan who currently lives in Houston. He said he spent five years under Taliban rule, and that amount of time had a lasting impact on him.
He recalled a period when the Taliban would hang human limbs at an intersection in Kabul as a way to show Afghans what would happen to anyone who committed a crime. I was young, but I still remember that time, Raofi said.
With President Joe Biden s announcement that all United States troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, many are concerned that the absence of U.S. firepower will lead to a reemergence of the Taliban.