Jamie Haney
North America General Counsel and Global Legal Head - Specialty Care — Sanofi
I, Jamie Haney, personally commit to the following:
Personal Commitments
- Use my voice and platform, as General Counsel of Sanofi North America, to elevate diverse perspectives and to champion equitable opportunities across the industry and at Sanofi
- To hold myself and my fellow leaders – both across the industry and my peers on the Sanofi NA Country Council – accountable for meaningful and sustained investment and engagement in D&I, including through active participation and leadership in LCLD and through active engagement with Sanofi’s D&I efforts
- To seek out and continually listen and learn from others’ experiences and perspectives, and to challenge my own DE&I perceptions
- To help drive the D&I conversation from “tell me” to “show me” by ensuring we drive measurable progress in these areas
Organizational Commitments
- Foster an inclusive and collaborative department culture where every team member feels a sense of belonging, is valued and empowered, and has the support needed to reach their full potential
- Embed D&I into our organizational culture and operating model
- Ensure a strong pipeline of diverse talent in our organization through our:
- Recruiting and hiring practices by ensuring diverse slates of qualified candidates
- Development opportunities for legal professionals both within the Legal department and across the company
- Succession planning process and ensuring diverse talents are being developed for leadership roles
- Continually enrich and challenge our D&I understanding and efforts by (1) creating forums to learn from one another; (2) standing up a department diversity council to serve in an advisory capacity; and (3) leveraging involvement in organizations such as LCLD to gain external insights and best practice sharing
- Hold our external law firm and vendor partners accountable for meaningful D&I commitments and advances, not just metrics
Metrics
- Department D&I scorecard and assess progress against goals on a bi-annual basis; require each department leader to include D&I commitments as part of their annual team goals
- Active participation in LCLD by nominating (2) fellows annually and (2) attending two or more leadership meetings/summits per year
- Recruiting: hire one diverse summer intern per year, leveraging programs such as the LCLD 1L Scholars Program and other local initiatives; ensure diverse slate of candidates for all recruiting efforts
- Continuous development of diverse talent: highlight diverse team members in leadership team talent discussions on bi-annual basis, and align effective mentors with diverse team members
- Outside counsel/vendor selection: develop concrete D&I expectations for external legal service partners; ensure diversity embedded into 100% of outside firm selection and staffing discussions; regular diversity assessment of outside firms