As Executive Sponsor for Microsoft Diversity & Inclusion Councils in Ireland and the United States, Dan helps ensure all diversity dimensions, such as gender, accessibility, culture, generational and LGBT+, are championed for maximum visibility, success and impact. Dan has demonstrated incredible commitment to ensure LGBT+ diversity in particular receives top mind-share, resourcing and support from the executive leadership level through to individual contributors – from keynote event speeches, sponsorship and mentoring of LGBT+ individuals, to sharing his personal journey to grow ally networks. Dan validates the true spirit of leading by example, exhibiting great enthusiasm to define and implement corporate diversity initiatives, such as the company’s LGBT+ Pride Month celebrations and LGBT+ specific diversity training, and supporting Microsoft’s first-ever LGBT+ leadership conference with over 40 Microsoft LGBT+ leaders representing over 20 countries around the world. Widely awarded in previous years for creating spotlight opportunities resulting in a number of Microsoft Ireland “firsts” for LGBT+ progress, Dan is also a member of BelonG To, The Human Rights Commission, the 30% Club and MARC – Men Advocating Real Change.
