EXCLUSIVE: Paul Martin has been promoted to EVP and Chief Diversity Officer at SPE.
In an e mail despatched to staff this morning by Stacy Green, Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment, she stated Martin “embodies the spirit of ‘everyday inclusion’ through the strategies he champions and his leadership over the years.”
Martin has led the corporate’s Diversity & Inclusion efforts for greater than 15 years, and in that point launched, managed, and developed a number of packages.
In 2011, he launched the primary 4 Employee Business Resource Groups- communities inside SPE fashioned by staff who share a commonality or curiosity. The EBRG group has since grown to 21 teams worldwide. He additionally led SPE’s D&I artistic flagship packages, together with the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program in 2015 and Diverse Writers Program in 2021.
“These programs have all been an essential catalyst to building an inclusive culture at the studio on a global scale,” Green emphasised.
Additionally, he was pivotal within the creation of Sony Pictures Action, SPE’s multi-pronged international racial fairness and inclusion technique targeted externally on offering help to associate organizations, and internally on increasing D&I throughout SPE’s enterprise together with hiring, retention, expertise pipelines, provider variety, content material, media, and partnerships.
Green credit Martin’s management for the launch of over 50 initiatives benefiting “our people, our content, our partners and our community.”
She added, “Paul has an unparalleled track record of structuring meaningful partnerships with creative talent and external organizations that drive tangible business results. His innovative approach to diversity and inclusion creates value for SPE and his thought leadership influences the entertainment industry.”
Martin has board positions with The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Hollywood CPR, and RespectAbility. He can be a founding member of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) Chief Diversity Officers Board and a founding member of the Chief Diversity Officer Board Power Circle.
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