b'Gender Parity CollaborativeMEMBER SPOTLIGHTS ADAM DUBOWThrough the Collaborative, were able to learn from and contributeto a cross-company dialogue onhow we can work together to make the changes needed. An interview with ADAM DUBOW As one of your organizations leaders, why are you personally committed to advancing gender parity in the workplace?Senior Vice President,My commitment to advancing gender parity is twofoldboth Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer personal and professional.Personally, my wife works full time as a lawyer, and I have two daughters, one in college and one in high school. Anything that I can do to create an equitable environment for themand for every other woman Why was it critical for your organization to bein the workplaceis critically important. My daughters are involved in the Gender Parity Collaborative? confident and outspoken, and when they start their careers, I Bristol-Myers Squibb is committed to fostering diversity andwant to ensure those qualities are as valued, appreciated and inclusion. One of the ways we show that commitment is throughrespected as they would be in a male colleague. Professionally, our People and Business Resource Groups (PBRGs). Thewe know that a gender-balanced workforce is good for Bristol-Myers Squibb Network of Women (B-NOW) is our largestbusiness. Its well-documented that companies with the most PBRG with 5,500 members worldwide, including more thangender-diverse leadership see higher return on sales, generate 1,000 men.B-NOW has a full-time leader dedicated to drivinggreater return on investment and outperform less diverse its mission to embrace gender diversity and achieve gendercompanies. I want to do everything we can to be successful. parity. Weve made this investment because we understandGender parity is an important component of that success.the importance of developing and advancing women, not only because its the right thing to do, but also because itHow does your participation in the Collaborative makes good business sense. Having diverse perspectivescompliment what you are already doing? sets us up to meet our businessobjectives, which ultimatelyThe Collaborative complement our current initiatives by giving center on bringing important medicines to patients aroundus a forum to share learnings and come together with other the world. Similarly, the Gender Parity Collaborative is aleaders who are struggling with the same issues. The reality way to accelerate our goal of achieving gender parity withinis that none of us have all the answers, because if we had Bristol-Myers Squibb. Through the Collaborative, were ableall the answers, we would have reached gender parity by to learn from and contribute to a cross-company dialoguenow. And yet, we still have a long way to go as an industry.on how we can work together to make the changes needed so that women and men have the same opportunities for success and representation at all levels in the workplace. 6 SPRING 2020'