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Vanessa Moungar, hitherto Director for Gender, Women & Civil Society at the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been appointed head of diversity and inclusion at the leading luxury brands group LVMH<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In her new role, Vanessa<\/a> will help build a network of diversity and inclusion leaders in different regions; coordinate efforts at the group\u2019s various brands, as well as oversee the global coordination of work on the issue of diversity.<\/p>\n

Vanessa will work closely with all LVMH\u2019s stakeholders and will build on a network of well-established Diversity and Inclusion (D & I) leaders in the regions, as well as strong initiatives in our Maisons, to oversee the global coordination of all D & I actions. Diversity and Inclusion are at the core of LVMH\u2019s human resources priorities, \u00a0the brand announced in a short statement.<\/p>\n

She will work directly under Chantal Gaemperle, executive vice president of human resources and synergies at the luxury group, who said\u00a0 in about her appointment:<\/p>\n

\u201cVanessa will bring her extensive experience to take our ambition in this field to the next level, and accelerate our efforts in continuously shaping a more diverse and inclusive culture at\u00a0LVMH<\/a>.\u201d According to a post on Yahoo Finance News.<\/p>\n

Since 2017, Vanessa was one of the pioneering women at the top of the AfDB as Director of Gender, Women and Civil Society. In this role, she drove one of the Bank\u2019s key strategies the \u201cInvesting in Gender Equality for Africa\u2019s Transformation\u201d policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter four extraordinary years at the\u00a0African Development Bank Group<\/a>, I am moving on to the next chapter, immensely grateful for the opportunity I had to serve the continent from such a unique platform\u2026\u201d Vanessa told wrote on her social media timeline.<\/p>\n