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We prioritize the leadership of those most impacted by the issues we address. By centering marginalized communities, we amplify their voices and foster leadership in decision-making. Our approach dismantles systemic barriers by equipping communities with tools for actionable change. Through a multi-stakeholder model, we engage power structures at all levels, promoting collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and co-created solutions that drive meaningful and sustainable impact.

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Core Values

Integrity

We have sincerity in the work that we do and endeavour to always act ethically, with honesty and truthfulness.

Collaboration & Partnership

We believe that in working together, we can amplify impact and achieve greater things.

Responsibility

We believe in our individual and collective ability to act with accountability and make conscious decisions.

Curiosity

We believe in constant learning and awareness to expand our knowledge, identify biases, and gain new skills, expertise and perspectives.

Equity

We are committed to fairness, ensuring everyone has access to the resources and opportunities they need. We strive to remove barriers and uplift all voices.

Courage

We are impact driven and in doing so we are bold, brave, flexible and inclusive. We dare to step out of our comfort zones and challenge the status quo.

Inclusion

We believe that people must and deserve to be seen, heard, valued and empowered to be their authentic selves.

Diversity

People are unique and intersectional. We believe in representation, inclusion and belonging across parameters such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and disability.

Respect

We recognise and admire each individual for their unique abilities and qualities.

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Chisom Udeze

Founder of Diversify, Diversify Consult, HerSpace & The Annual

Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants, resources, production, technology, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems, interprets data, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research.

Having lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people, and thrives in uncertain environments.

As the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult, Chisom and her team work with companies, institutions, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition, in 2022, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond.

In 2020, she founded HerSpace, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022, HerSpace launched HerTech, Women in Tech incubator, for women-led companies, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. 

Chisom is a thought-leader in DEIB and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She writes often on DEIB and justice related topics, some of her work is published on Forbes.

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