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Credit Suisse | Eva Ingold, Head Diversity and Inclusion, Oktober 2007
Nobody in Europe is more profoundly acquainted with Diversity as Michael Stuber. He creatively co-designed the ‘Diversity & Inclusion Switzerland’ conference and his facilitation was both energetic and empathetic.
Arup Ireland | D&I Team, 10/2017
Michael Stuber worked with us at Arup Ireland to review our current programmes. We found Michael to be insightful, organised and very knowledgeable. Michael’s great strength lies in his face-to-face communication skills and his ability to communicate complex topics to any audience. Michael is able to quickly pick up on...
Commerzbank | Uwe Tschäge, Dpty President of the Supervisory Board, 2013
We have known Michael Stuber as an knowledgable consultant and moderator for years. Due to his experience and personality we also had the pleasure to have him as a moderator of very hetereogeneous panels - with great success.
SBB | Regula Rütti, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, 12/2017
Michael Stuber impressed me and my team not only with his expertise and abundant experience, he also quickly understands an organisation, its resources and pending challenges in a way that supports progress. He is a brilliant analyser with a holistic approach, an adaptive implementer and - when needed - an...
Evonik | Dr. Katrin Schmallenbach, VP HR, 10/2019
European Diversity supported Evonik in three strategic projects. Michael Stuber's expertise, his experienced and critical perspective on the specifics of our company and his in-depth understanding of the relevant issues had a major impact on our work. This applied both to cultural, process and strategic analyses as well as the...
HSBC | Virma Sokmen, Head of CMB HSBC Turkey, 12/2012
At HSBC, D&I is a business-lead initiative and as a pan-European committee of managers we were glad to have European Diversity's external perspective and input. Michael Stuber's business acumen and his striving for individual solutions helped to advance the regional D&I agenda taking into account business and country needs. We...
Johnson & Johnson | Mieke Smet, Director Global Talent Management, 2008
Working with Michael Stuber was a great experience for me. It was the first time that I felt that an external organization understands very clearly the challenges of the business, finds the right approach. He speaks the right business language and is flexible enough to adapt to global frameworks and...
Jansen Supply Chain (Johnson & Johnson) | Ellen Driesen, HR Director, 03/2017
Michael Stuber is a passionate guide and role model in the space of leadership & culture. We first worked under his guidance on a bottom-up approach in which we engaged our supply chain operator population in a dialogue. Based on this population’s feedback, the need was very clear to create...
Infineon Austria | Dr. Monika Kircher, CEO, 03/2014
With his competence and experience, Michael Stuber has significantly contributed to the successful development of an Infineon Diversity Network. In three workshops with the entire network and through intense collaboration with HR, we succeeded in clarifying roles, design strategies and define actions. Michael Stuber's external perspective and his ability to...
SBB | Judith Renevey, Head of D&I, 02/2019
In the summer of 2018, SBB successfully introduced 'D&I for management teams', a new format reflecting a holistic D&I approach. The co-conception with European Diversity has proven very successful. Using a train-the-trainer approach with detailed qualification of the facilitators, the offer consists of a learning process, tied to business priorities...
KfW | Richard Kufferath-Sieberin, Director HR Policy, 11/2013
KfW goes through a holistic modernisation process. This also includes corporate culture and in 2012 the KfW Executive Board approved a gender balance concept as one key element of this renewal process, which was honoured with the German Human Resources Management Award in 2013. I thank Michael Stuber for his...
Evonik Corporation | Bonnie Tully, President North America Region, 10/2022
We found the Team Leadership Journey a valuable experience (as) it made us recognize we all have biases, and allowed us to reflect on this truth. Then, the Leadership Journey process gave us a format to create an actionable plan (as) we accept there is no quick fix when it...
Sandoz Group Germany | Hermann Hofmann, Head Public Affairs & Communications, 2011
Michael Stuber significantly helped to further develop our Diversity & Inclusion strategy. Particularly valuable was the combination of experience and knowledge of different options and constellations. Cooperating with Michael Stuber in the strategy development was just as inspiring as motivating. It has helped to increase the top managements' commitment once...
Motorola EMEA | Frieder Schrade, Global Leadership & Organization Development, 08/1998
At the beginning of our European activities, we developed, in cooperation with Michael Stuber, a regional Statement that highlighted the specific meaning of diversity for Motorola. Furthermore, Michael compiled a very effective and innovative presentation as part of an information package for our line managers.
Volkswagen AutoUni | Andrea Troxler Fueter, Module Managing Diversity, 11/2004
Michael Stuber proved to be an exceedingly competent concept partner through the creation and execution of the blended-learning-program of ,Managing Diversity'. With his essential combination of science-based knowledge and practical experience, working with them was extremely constructive, professional and enriching.
TX Markets | Jeremy Seitz, CTO, 11/2021
At TX Markets, we chose Michael Stuber to support us in management training with the technology leaders across our companies. Michael was awesome to work with, he created a structured approach that allowed us to have open and thoughtful conversations about many important and difficult topics. He led us to...
Deutsche Telekom | Maud Pagel, Group Head of Diversity, 08/2004
The foundation for the implementation of Diversity at Deutsche Telekom group is our group Diversity strategy and its key element, the group Diversity policy. Michael Stuber has been supporting us in a very professional way, always focusing on our specific business context when developing various building blocks of our strategy.
TX Group | Pascal Krapf, Senior HR Consultant, 12/2020
Michael Stuber identified key business priorities in each of our operating companies and proposed relevant linkages with future D&I initiatives. He also showed the need to tie D&I more closely to our identity and embed it in our shared culture as well as HR processes and tools. Going further, Michael's...
Merck Group | Jennifer O’Lear, Chief Diversity Officer, 01/2012
Michael Stuber provided us with extremely valuable input and expertise as we are consolidating our various programmes into a new global diversity strategy. His years of experience with other leading companies as well as their international perspective and thorough understanding of relevant models allowed us to develop a solid business-driven...
Swisscom | Elena Folini, Head of HR P&M, 08/2019
After a few years of internal work and insight, Michael Stuber's external professional perspective, profound expertise and long-standing experience have significantly helped us to analyse our situation holistically and with all dependencies and to redesign our approach focused on vision, strategy, processes and culture in a change-oriented way. With targeted...
UBS | Group Diversity, Director Research, 08/2007
The expertise of Michael Stuber led to the creation of valuable products, with which our employees can be informed about Diversity and learn of successful implementation examples.
Symantec | Fernando Serpa, Global Manager Diversity and Inclusion, Symantec (Januar 2005), 01/2005
As part of our Global strategy, Symantec has created councils led by a local champion at our sites throughout Europe. Michael Stuber has assisted us in preparing and carrying out successful work meetings with our local partners while effectively acknowledging European and national specifics. He has shown professionalism, expertise and...
Stryker | Alysoun Sturt-Scobie, HR-Manager EMEA, 2009
Michael Stuber is always proactive and supportive. He drives through initiatives and delivers material and ideas within agreed timelines. He also shows a careful and respectful understanding for the need to work within corporate budget constraints. He is consistent in the way that he demonstrates commitment to a project and...
RWE | Alison Chappell, Chief Diversity Officer, 2008
Michael Stuber brought many important strengths to our programme of focus groups and workshops. Particularly important to us were their depth of experience in the German market; their ability to offer seamless service across Germany, the UK and Central Europe; the thought leadership offered by Michael Stuber as programme leader,...
Page Group | Goran Barić, Managing Director Germany, 12/2018
Michael Stuber's bias workshop for our Management Team provided a deepened understanding of the scope and relevance of D&I beyond personal perception. With impressive inspiration and an adequate piece of humour, he facilitated a constructive dialogue to shape our approach to further integrate and leverage D&I in our company so...

