Kay Formanek

The Neuroscience of Unconscious Bias and Diversity Leadership are the pillars of her work and presentations. Kay is Founder and CEO of Diversity and Performance, a company committed to create new insights and more conscious diversity leaders.

Kay was Managing Director for 25 years at Accenture where she contributed to the agenda of Diversity and Inclusion and Talent Development.

Kay Formanek focuses on the relationship between diversity of talent, inclusive leadership and organizational performance. Her focus has its roots in her upbringing in South Africa and the post-Apartheid transformation under Mandela.

Within Accenture Kay Formanek assumed Diversity and Inclusion lead in the Netherlands and was actively involved in creating an inclusive environment for diverse talent within Accenture and its large client base. Kay’s key focus and specialization is on the Neuroscience of Unconscious Bias and how to mitigate Unconscious Bias within an organization and within its leadership ranks. Kay collaborates with INSEAD and other institutions on various diversity initiatives and is a sough speaker and leadership coach on Inclusive Diversity. She has published research, articles and books on this subject.

Kay addresses organisations around the world on a number of topics, including:

1. How to Rewire our Brain so as to not be Unconsciously Biased?
2. How to Stamp Out Unconscious Bias from the Workfloor?
3. The Facts and the Myths About Diversity and Organisational Performance
4. Conscious Leadership – the Cornerstone of Inclusive Diversity
5. Biodiversity – an Inspiration for Diversity within an Organisation.
6. Turning Diversity from Divided Diversity to United Diversity
7. Women in STEM: So much leakage, so much to do