One of José’s top priorities as J.P. Morgan Brazil CEO has been to promote equality in the workplace, and make the franchise increasingly welcoming to the LGBT+ community and other minorities. To achieve this goal, when he started as Brazil CEO in 2013, he gave his full backing as the Executive Sponsor to launch the Pride BRG, the first bank in Brazil to create such a group. Moreover, as a board member of the Inclusive Leadership Council for Latin America at J.P. Morgan, he has used his expertise and seniority to influence and support the diversity agenda, and especially keep the LGBT+ agenda firmly on the table across the entire region. Additionally, in 2016, he approved and helped fund the first ever Out & Equal Brazil Forum for which he personally called several CEOs of Brazil’s major corporations to obtain their support and delivered the opening and closing remarks of the event. Furthermore, in June he spoke at a São Paulo Gay Pride Parade Brunch and delivered the keynote at the 2017 Out & Equal workplace Summit in Philadelphia for an audience of approximately 4,000 summit attendees from 40 countries.
