Jaipal is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at science-based technology company, 3M. He joined 3M’s Personal Safety Division in 2019 as senior project engineer. Before this he was a process engineer and project manager at Procter and Gamble, having studied chemical engineering at Imperial College London. In 2022, Jaipal made history by becoming the first non-US employee to chair an Employee Resource Network (ERN) within the company. As Co-Chair of 3M Pride (3M’s ERN for LGBTQ+ employees), he leads its overall strategic direction. In this role he has expanded 3M Pride globally, tripling the number of countries represented, and delivered 3M’s first LGBTQ+ awareness training programme to senior leaders and people managers. Jaipal is an active 3M STEM Ambassador and was profiled as part of a ‘Smashing Stereotypes’ joint campaign run with the British Science Association and the company to highlight the diversity of people in STEM to students, parents, and teachers and to challenge stereotypes and barriers that young people may face. This enabled a strong focus on LGBTQ+ representation in STEM. Outside of work, he is a member of the Diversity Role Models charity, and visits schools to talk about his experiences of growing up queer and the challenges he faced but overcame.
