The Corporate Cost of Exclusion: Over $1T (with a T)

In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with DEI consultant, Geffrye Parsons. in 2022, Geff retired from a 35-year front office executive career in financial services to set up his own Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consulting practice, The Inclusion Imperative. Formerly based in the UK and now living in Canada, Geff has received multiple decorations for his work around LGBTQ+ inclusion, including a long-standing chair of the LGBTQ+ employee resource group at his former employer, in which capacity he led it both to winning the Business Equality award at the annual PinkNews Awards, and to #1 in the annual Stonewall rankings – making it officially the most LGBTQ+ friendly employer in the UK. Individually, Geff has also won the Inspirational Leader of the Year award at the annual British LGBT Awards, and been named on both The Guardian’s ‘Pride Power List’ of the 100 most influential LGBTQ+ people in the UK, and OUTstanding’s annual list of the