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| Maureen Greene James |
FTI Consulting has named Cognizant’s Maureen Greene James VP of global diversity, inclusion and belonging.
At Cognizant, Greene James served as North America leader of inclusion and leadership development. In that position, she was responsible for creating the company’s diversity and inclusion vision and strategy while strengthening its commitment to attract, hire and retain diverse talent.
Before coming to Cognizant, Greene James was at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held such human resources leadership roles as U.S. talent strategy leader, market human resources leader for the company’s Enterprise Solutions Center in Tampa, and national human capital leader for its finance function.
In her new post, she will lead FTI Consulting’s global diversity, inclusion and belonging team, which supports the firm’s efforts to attract, retain and develop diverse talent and maintain an inclusive culture.
“Maureen is an influential and inspiring leader who can collaborate with senior leadership and teams throughout the organization to drive fundamental and lasting impact,” said FTI CEO Steven Gunby.
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