Membership Directory - Individual
Daniel Lima
ETF Operations Lead at The Bank of New York
About
Bio: My name is Daniel Lima, I’m originally from Brazil, I have a civil partner and we’ve been together now for 14 years, and I work at the Bank of New York as ETF Operations Lead in our Poole Office, located in the South West of England. I graduated in International Relations and have a MBA in Strategic Business. I love developing and encouraging my LGBTQIA+ friends and work colleagues to be their authentic selves in any aspect of their life.
I am the LGBTQIA+ Ambassador for my branch in Poole, I have vetted our first LGBTQIA+ charity in our office, I’ve also organised our first participation in the local Bournemouth Pride Parade (and continue to do so), I’ve hosted a global meeting regarding my Coming Out story, and im also organising little events in the office throughout the year to celebrate pride month, IDAHOBIT day, Trans Day etc. I’ve also worked in the LGBTQIA+ committee at my previous job at Barclays Bank and organised our participation in the Bournemouth Pride Parade when working there as well.
I’m a trained Mental Health First Aider for Poole Office and have helped people from different backgrounds and problems. I’m also a DE&I Ambassador for my branch in Poole and I have worked with HR and senior managers to boost our Culture by providing feedbacks in terms related to Hiring and Retention and also strategies for the actual office (related to inclusion and belonging).
I believe role modelling and allyship is important in any work environment. The power of bringing your authentic self to work, with no fear, no anxiety, not holding back who you are, will allow anyone to have their cognitions open to learn, absorb and new things more easily. They will also be more confident and more vocal in the work place and will help improve processes and proving more insights of what is happening.
I like to empower people so they feel confident and truly connected to who they are, without any mental reservations or equivocations of any kind. By showing up everyday at work and telling them directly or indirectly that is ok to be who you are, I think this is a strong but respectful message we send to everyone who doesn’t quite understand or even doesn’t like us.
It does encourage, give hope and opportunity to so many people that has a similar story like mine. This project shows that allyship is not just accepting but also nurturing, giving space, voice and empowering our community.
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