STRETCH 2024 AWARDS

Frank Starling

Expertise Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy
Current position & company Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at LIONS
LinkedIn profile Frank Starling
Key contributions
  • Evolved and implemented a comprehensive global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy at LIONS, ensuring that inclusive thinking is embedded within the organization’s core values.
  • Led Variety Pack in advising global organizations on building equitable workplace cultures, providing tailored strategies to address specific DE&I challenges.

Frank Starling is the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at LIONS. Responsible for evolving and embedding its global DE&I strategy to create a more equitable business and put inclusive thinking at the heart of the organisation.

He is a specialist in DE&I, previously served as CEO of Variety Pack, a consultancy that works with global organisations across sectors to build equitable cultures of trust, psychological safety, and inclusion.

In 2020, Starling was chosen as one of the leading Black figures in the UK via Operation Black Vote, Oxford University and House of Commons executive leadership programme, Pathways to Success. He is an Associate alumnus of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, an accredited Psychological Safety Consultant and certified in DE&I from Cornell University.