The Dos and Don’ts of Leading an Employee Network

Having led Aviva Origins for over 2 years, Anna and Maiko will be sharing their challenges, successes and learnings, to help you run your own employee network effectively and support your people to do the same.

Having led Aviva Origins for over 2 years, Anna and Maiko will be sharing their challenges, successes and learnings, to help you run your own employee network effectively and support your people to do the same. Aviva Origins is a network with the broadest remit of all Aviva’s ERGs, covering race and ethnicity, faith and belief and social mobility. Co-Chairs Anna and Maiko got a seat at the Group CEO’s table to present their strategy to the Executive Committee, aligning their plans with Aviva’s ‘big four’ business priorities. They consulted to help to make Aviva’s advertising more inclusive of customers; they have collaborated across multiple ERGs to help them grow, creating the most intersectional International Women’s Day in Aviva’s history, attracting 13K impressions on social media; they have driven efficiency, with workstreams to focus on key areas, from the Black Professionals Network to social mobility; and finally, Origins has delved into the last taboo, religion to support the sustainability of communities. Their work is having a significant impact both across the business and the wider industry.

If you’re looking for tips and advice on how to gain momentum within your own employee network, this is the webinar for you.

About the facilitators

Anna Dilku

Anna Dilku leads Aviva’s corporate social media, having gained diverse experience across multiple communications disciplines since starting her career at the world’s largest media agency, WPP. She was the founding co-chair of Aviva Balance and has since co-chaired the organisation’s award-winning multicultural network, Aviva Origins. She has represented UN Women UK at the Commission on the Status of Women for the last 4 years and her work in inclusion has earned her Women in Finance’s Outstanding Contribution Award, Advertising Week’s Future is Female Award and CommsHero’s EDI Award. Anna is listed 8th globally in YouTube’s EMpower top 100 role models and features in the Media Leader’s Future 100 Club.

Maiko Adachi

Maiko Adachi is the interim Head of Legal for the Corporate Finance team within Aviva’s Group Legal function, and has co-chaired the organisation’s award-winning multicultural network, Aviva Origins. She has acted as lead counsel on a number of high profile transactions at Aviva including the acquisition of Succession Wealth and the disposal of Aviva’s Italian and Spanish businesses. Before joining Aviva, she was at Clifford Chance for 8 years, including 3 years in Tokyo. She was shortlisted as a finalist in the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2024 in the DE&I Champion of the Year in a Legal Role category and is currently a committee member of the Law Society’s Ethnic Solicitor Network.