Categories: Leadership | Diversity & Inclusion | Teamwork | Virtual Leadership / New Normal
Former Global Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing for Disney-ESPN, Jorge Rosas is an international speaker who is an expert in human capital, talent, leadership, culture and happiness at work.
Jorge Rosas is a an accomplished international Speaker and seasoned HR C-level executive who has offered over 500 keynotes, 3 TED Talks and inspired audiences on 4 continents with his enlightening content, keen insights, empathy and enormous energy. His keynotes are a tour de force of topics such as leadership, diversity & inclusion, teamwork, personal growth and development both in the corporate and personal spheres ,accountability & commitment and what he calls TLC (Talent, Leadership, Culture). He has consistently been rated as the best Speaker at the events he has participated in and is able to deliver his keynotes both in Spanish and English.
On the other hand, Jorge Rosas served for five years as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Cinépolis, Mexico’s largest movie chain. He was responsible for all HR, Transformation and Labor matters worldwide (i.e. Mexico, Brazil, USA, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Spain, India, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Central America), serving more than 38,500 employees, leading a team of more than 500 HR professionals. During his tenure he was named the HR Professional of the Year by the AMEDIRH, Mexico’s leading HR Association and Mexico’s most prestigious business school, IPADE, which published a case-study on the transformation Jorge headed at Cinepolis.
In 2017 Jorge Rosas joined The Walt Disney Company / ESPN to serve as Global Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellness, a position based in NYC. Under this role, he was responsible for all Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness matters globally, to help the company creating an inclusive and diverse environment in which everyone contributes with their potential. Under this role, he conducted a global assessment of the different dimensions of diversity relevant for each region. He is currently CEO of Wewow and Delivering Happiness Mexico, firms dedicated to leadership development and cultural transformation.
Also he is a visiting professor at several leading universities including Harvard Business School where he was awarded the Brandon Hall Award for Excellence in Leadership Development. Jorge Rosas founded “Éntrale” ( Join-In) an association that encourages businesses to hire individuals with disabilities, comprised of the 49 HR VPs of the Mexican Business Council, and started an alliance with the National Commission to Prevent Violence against Women (CONAVIM), to hire women who have been victims of domestic violence .and he integrated the World Economic Forum Mexico Gender Parity Taskforce.
