Our Commitment
Diversity is a foundational value of INSEAD. It is a value we hold dear, a cornerstone of the INSEAD education
As The Business School for the World, INSEAD commits to cultivating a community that pursues equity, exemplifies inclusion, and cherishes diversity in all its dimensions, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and religion.
Our global presence enables INSEAD to develop nuanced perspectives on the complex, multiple, and often inter-related equity, diversity, and inclusion challenges in global business and societies worldwide. In keeping with our mission to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society, we will employ these unique perspectives to develop Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) solutions both within our institution and the broader community by:
- facilitating the exchange of knowledge and best practices among our faculty and staff, our students, and the numerous global leaders in our alumni ranks; while
- sustaining our innovation, creativity, and rigour unlocked by the mindset of intellectual curiosity; and
- fostering initiatives to understand, partner with, and positively impact the local communities across our networks.
Our DEI Mission
DEI at INSEAD aims to build on the school’s founding values to
- Embed inclusive practices into the school’s operations;
- Create an environment where all community members feel welcome; and,
- Enhance the school’s efforts to produce graduates who will be inclusive leaders.
Our Leadership
Ilian Mihov - Professor of Economic and Business Transformation
Diversity has been one of INSEAD’s core values since our founding in Europe post-World War II, when we clearly saw the benefits of committing to unity to shape our collective destiny. We are expanding our commitment to incorporate equity and inclusion focusing on gender and race, fully aligned with our mission to develop responsible leaders who transform business and society
Ilian Mihov - Professor of Economic and Business Transformation
Lucy Quist, MBA 05J - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, member of INSEAD Board of Directors
At INSEAD we are committed to a learning environment that develops leaders who ensure equity in their organisations.
Lucy Quist, MBA 05J - Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, member of INSEAD Board of Directors
Sameer Hasija - Dean of Executive Education
Having the privilege of being a part of the leadership development journey of thousands of executives from around the world, we at INSEAD hold diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of what is needed to make the world better, and strive to share and spread these values with all members of our INSEAD community and beyond.
Sameer Hasija - Dean of Executive Education
Nida Januskis - Associate Dean of Advancement
We need to bring the alumni voice to the discussion of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) at INSEAD as advocates for both current and future alumni. We are proud of what we have accomplished, but we are not satisfied.
Nida Januskis - Associate Dean of Advancement
Lily Fang - Dean of Research
Diversity in culture, background, and perspectives is part of the INSEAD DNA. It is the core characteristic that attracts many of our faculty, staff, and students to INSEAD. We respect and value diversity in the true sense – in our research, in our teaching, and in our learning from each other.
Lily Fang - Dean of Research
INSEAD Centres
Thought Leadership
Business Schools Can Help ‘Break the Bias’ for Women
How Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule Creates Potential for Real Change
Why Allyship Is Key to Gender Balance
Recognising and Confronting Racism in Europe
DEI When We Need It the Most
Strategy and Leadership Lessons From the ‘Notorious RBG’
How Disempowerment Drives Demand for Risky Skin-Lightening Products
How LGBTQ+ Employees Can Embrace Authenticity
Healing the Social Wounds of Injustice
The Music Industry’s Best-Kept Secret? A Gender Creativity Gap
Disruption as a Force for Good? Gender Balance and COVID-19
The Pandemic Has Dealt a Blow to Gender Balance
Standing Against Systemic Racism
Recent events have shown that we are living through a global activist moment in which supporters of social justice and racial equality are coming together to demand – and help build – a better world. At what we hope will be a historic turning point, we declare our unqualified opposition to systemic racism wherever it resides. Spurred by these events and this optimism, we have initiated a serious, sustained reflection on how INSEAD can continue to be a force for good in the fight against discrimination in all its forms, both within our institution and in the broader communities that we impact.
