Heidi Heseltine

Founder & CEO at Diversity Study Group

Speaker

Heidi Heseltine established the Diversity Study Group (DSG) in 2018 to support the maritime industry’s need to progress in relation to DEI, particularly in relation to talent retention and attraction.

She has led the DSG’s rapidly evolving DEI service portfolio including data gathering and benchmarking programmes for those ashore and at sea, the creation of a community of DEI-focused maritime industry leaders and DEI practitioners, the development of a suite of DEI in maritime consultancy services, an annual DEI in Maritime Conference and launched Crest, a global cross industry mentoring programme. All these being designed to enable the maritime sector to fast track its progress in relation to DEI and avoid common pitfalls experienced in other sectors.

Heidi has over 30 years experience within the maritime industry. Her early career was in vessel operations before transitioning to focus on talent retention and attraction for the sector and subsequently moving into DEI for the sector.