Robert’s role as a founding member and former 2020 co-Chair of Permanent TSB’s LGBTQ+ Employee Network, PRISM, and current Stakeholder Engagement Lead enables him to take responsibility for championing the Network’s values with the employee population, aiming to generate greater visibility of and corporate support for LGBT+ employees and allies, by promoting and driving positive change. This change has included implementing PTSB’s first gender neutral bathroom, adoptive leave for same-sex parents, and driving the education of pronouns within the organization. Robert also holds the position of Operations Officer for Fusion Ireland, the Financial Services Inclusion Network, serving as a key influencer in the Network’s boarder strategy and currently leading the Committee’s Network Best Practice Pillar. In this role over the last eighteen months, he has been working hard with the Committee to build-out a robust 2021 strategy in order to raise the standard of their collective Networks. Most recently, Robert has also completed Involve’s Emerging Leaders Programme.
