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Beyond the scoreboard

Shaping inclusive futures through sports

This five-part mini-series dives deep into the importance of diversity and inclusion through real-life experiences and inspiring stories from Capgemini team members as well as guest athletes.

Karine Vasselin, Group Diversity & Inclusion Vice President at Capgemini, and an avid sports enthusiast herself, is our host for this series. Our guests include veterans, people with disabilities, those returning from a career break, and members of the LGBT+ community. We explore the power of team spirit, one of Capgemini’s values through the lens of sportsmanship, showcasing how lessons learned on the field can cultivate a thriving and inclusive work environment for all.

Through their journeys, we discover how to pursue excellence, overcome stereotypes, and build resilience while balancing passion and professional life and applying that mindset in our workplace.

Tune in and discover how we can all work together to build inclusive futures for all.

Episode 1 – Balancing passion with professional life

In the first episode of the series our host, Karine Vasselin, speaks with two of our colleagues, Ludovic Theretz, an award-winning Ironman athlete from France, and Ioan Lavery, a sailing champion from the UK. Join us as we dive into their extraordinary stories and explore how you can find the right work-life balance and push yourself to bring your best, both to the field and the workplace.

Guests:

Ludovic Theretz
Strategic deal director, Capgemini France

and award-winning Ironman athlete

Ioan Lavery
Engagement manager, Insights & Data, Capgemini UK and sailing champion

In this episode of our mini-series, Karine Vasselin, our host, is in conversation with Adrian Riches, who heads the Rainbow Laces campaign with Stonewall UK, and our colleague, Cemre Ergun, a rally car racer and OUTfront leader from Australia. Tune in to learn about the challenges of dealing with bias and enabling LGBT+ inclusion both in sports and the workplace.

Guests:

Adrian Riches

Head of Corporate Partnerships, Stonewall, UK, leading the Rainbow Laces campaign

Cemre Ergun
IT Engineer, Capgemini Australia, and Rally Car Racer

Another exciting episode features our host, Karine Vasselin, with Kanisha Vincent, an international rugby player from Trinidad and Tobago and our colleague, Gerrit Bottemöller, a sailing champion from Germany. Tune in to hear from our speakers share their remarkable stories of pursuing excellence in their respective sports, the value of teamwork, and some key leadership lessons we can all apply to our daily lives. 

Guests:

Kanisha Vincent

International rugby player and VP of Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Union

Gerrit Bottemöller

Strategic Engineering Advisor, Capgemini Invent, Germany, and sailing champion

Joining our host Karine Vasselin for the fourth episode of our mini-series are two of our colleagues, Andrei Ispas, a basketball champion from Romania, and Praneeta Raina, an Indian Air Force veteran from India. Watch the video to hear their inspiring stories and follow their journey to learn about what it takes to take a career break and continue pursuing your passions, or even finding new ones.

Guests:

Andrei Ispas

Engineering Unit Manager, Capgemini Romania, and a basketball champion

Praneeta Raina

Project Manager, Capgemini India and a veteran

In our final episode, our host Karine Vasselin, chats with Rahul Ramugade, a wheelchair cricketer from India and our colleague, Franciele Da Silva, a football champion from Brazil. Catch this episode to hear their amazing stories of resilience and learn how we can enable disability inclusion and overcome obstacles in our own lives.

Guests:

Rahul Ramugade

Captain of the Mumbai Wheelchair Cricket team, India

Franciele Da Silva

P2P Analyst, Business Services, Capgemini Brazil and a football champion

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