Elizabeth Nieto, head of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Amazon, with husband, Michael, and son, Matthew, in front of
the Spheres located on Amazon’s global headquarters campus in Seattle.
Before joining MetLife, she was the Global Head of Talent, Learning and
Diversity for Marsh, Inc. responsible for talent management, all learning
initiatives, including leadership, management and business core processes.
Before joining Marsh, she spent almost 20 years with Citigroup; for more than
10 years in global talent management, diversity & inclusion roles and as an HR
business partner. Previously, she managed global and regional learning
organizations working extensively in North America, Europe, Latin America and
Asia.
“I was working at Citigroup in Buenos Aires and I had the opportunity to
come to the U.S. for a one-year project,” she shares. “I continued to have great
opportunities to move laterally, changing roles every 18 months to two years and
I never went back.”
Years later, the Amazon executive is excited to talk about the work of the
future. “We have learned to work in different conditions and being more
flexible, adjusting to this new environment,” she shares. “For some of the
corporate roles, that may mean working from home, for our Operations
colleagues that means following new safety procedures. To be successful we
all had to build flexibility and resilience and a little patience!”
Working remotely since the COVID-19 shutdown, Nieto has found new
ways to connect and be able to accomplish her goals in different ways.
“At Amazon, we continue to hire to meet the needs of our customers,” she
shares. “We are always thinking of how to be better for our customer and we
always say ‘what else can we do’ and how can we do better every time.”
Outside of her virtual “office,” Nieto has used her talent to help people
through her work in non-profit organizations that support education, access to
developmental opportunities for young underserved talent and teenagers at
risk. She serves on the boards of The Opportunity Network, A Fair Shake for
Youth and the All Stars Project.
Nieto does not like to talk about herself, she was taught from a young age
to be humble, but she also understands the value of role modeling for the next
Elizabeth Nieto, head of
Global Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion for Amazon (right)
is pictured with her mother,
Alicia Nieto, in downtown
Seattle.
A sign of the times, Amazon
Head of Global Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion
Elizabeth Nieto in front of
three sphere-shaped
conservatories that comprise
part of the Amazon global
headquarters campus in
Seattle.
generation of leaders. “I used to think that my work shows who I am, I didn’t
want to talk about me or my accomplishments, I struggled to share my story for
a long long time,” she shares. “Then I realized that I have an obligation as a
senior Latina to show that there is a path for people like me. I now encourage
myself, to continue to publicly engage with the next generation of talent so they
can see themselves growing into leadership through different organizations,
corporations, non-for-profits, and in other important areas such as health and
education.”
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