As Co-founder and global Lead of PRIDE, JTI’s LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Employee Resource Group, Rene is committed to ensuring LGBTQ+ employees can be their whole selves at work. He has hosted monthly Teams calls to create a cyclical and open forum for discussion. As an authentic, reliable and trustworthy sounding board and “expert in training” for employee-led change, Rene helps to empower JTI employees to be authentic. Rene also worked with the LGBTQ+ empowerment platform, WeCreateSpace, to deliver global workshops for JTI’s employee (space) to better understand how they can embrace their most authentic self. He led initiatives for further education surrounding the trans and non-binary community, professional and personal development opportunities for LGBTQ+ employees and created a three-part trans and non-binary educational video series exploring gender identity through stories from non-binary and trans contributors.
