User:ACrockford/sandbox/Nikki Walker

Nikki Walker is the former Senior Director of Inclusion, Sustainability and Diversity for Cisco Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. She was chair for WEConnect Europe, an advocate of women-owned businesses, and she has been involved in several initiatives to promote the inclusion of women in technology-related career paths. In 2011 she received the CMT Everywoman in Technology "Inspiration of the Year" award. Walker is the founder and Managing Director of the diversity consultancy firm More2Gain.

Career
Walker began her career working for a variety of fast-moving consumer goods companies. She joined networking corporation Cisco Systems, Inc. in 1999. In 2008, Walker was appointed the first Director of Inclusion and Diversity for Cisco Europe; over the next few years the project was expanded to include the Middle East, Africa, and Russia. In addition, she assumed leadership of a second strategic initiative focusing on sustainability in 2010.

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https://www.conference-board.org/bio/index.cfm?bioid=2751 http://www.womenandtechnology.eu/digitalcity/projects/w4ict/event.jsp?ktg=AAABHCUK&dom=AAABECDQ&esr=AAABMYAU&prt=BAAFLAFR&men=BAAFKZBZ&fmn=BAAFLAFU http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/interview-nikki-walker-director-strategy-and-planning-emerging-markets-cisco-systems-464513.html http://www.europeanpwn.net/index.php?article_id=1587 http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3348484/cisco-employs-fewer-women-than-it-industry-average/ http://www.womenonboards.co.uk/my/profile/view?pid=11234 http://info.everywoman.com/blog/bid/124195/Why-we-loved-the-Cisco-everywoman-in-Technology-Awards http://www.internationalwomensday.com/article.asp?m=4&e=33#.UyyUZvlgySo http://www.cipd.co.uk/pm/peoplemanagement/b/weblog/archive/2013/01/29/gender-balance-drives-success-at-cisco-2009-11.aspx file:///C:/Users/Hubert/Downloads/Gender-in-IT-White-Paper.pdf http://www.more2gain.co.uk/a-bit-about-us/nikki-walker/