“ Only when you ’ re working that intersection of business and technology do you bring things together . There ’ s a connectivity that we ’ re trying to build up ”
– Mike Dargan , Group CIO your outcomes in partnership with the business … If those were your only two metrics and you understand , internalise , interpret them in the right way , that enables you to run your business .”
A diverse workforce is an empowered one , too , stresses Dargan . His logic is straight forward - if the human population is 50-50 malefemale , then a technology organisation with too few females probably doesn ’ t have the right level of talent . As if timed to make the point , a few days after we speak Dargan is joining colleagues at base in Switzerland for a week-long series of events aimed at furthering the cause of gender diversity in tech . UBS also marked International Day of the Girl recently , and has an ongoing Women in Technology initiative .
“ I look at the world through many lenses . One is that I ’ m a father to two young daughters . Another is my job and what that means . There ’ s been a big piece for us in terms of what diversity means .”
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