Julie Branscombe Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed and executing three-year strategy aligned to social purpose with meaningful tactics across geographical footprint and within varied family of brands; Embedding and aligning to ESG KPIs • Oversee a variety of external industry partnerships to support objectives and reinforce inclusive brand• Expanding philanthropic fund; establishing new community investment, volunteer programming and cause marketing strategies to support the government’s mandate to drive inclusive & sustainable growth• Partner with Marketing on diverse segmentation strategies to ensure D&I is reflected in customer and community initiatives, new products and advertising and brand • Work closely with key partners (business, D&I, Legal , Strategy & Risk) to address issues • Represent the organization internally and externally across the industry

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed three year I&D strategic plan to meet Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives; Worked with executive team and board to establish governance and embed within ESG KPIs • Embedded & aligning D&I within Engagement & Talent strategies (well-being, belonging, acquisition)• Established and led high impact external corporate and government partnerships • Co-led the Investor Leadership Network (ILN) ‘Diversity in Investment’ mandate, an NGO of 13 global pension funds established to address the United Nations Sustainability goals• Accelerated D&I within private holdings /portfolio companies; Introduced a new framework to assess, measure and accelerate progress and consulted to portfolio companies (Arterra Wines, Shearers, Cadillac Fairview) • Developed D&I communication strategy (messaging; self id campaign; employee profiles, social)• Introduced new policies & guidelines (I&D Policy; updates to Respect in Workplace, Accessibility etc.)• Implemented innovative programs, processes & practices to reduce bias & enhance accessibility & develop talent • Worked with key stakeholder groups to identify and manage prospective reputational risks

Toronto, Ontario

Held three different and expanded mandates on the I&D team from 2012-2019 - Strategy & executive support (Developing TD’s I&D related strategies as well as alignment and implementation of tactics across businesses and regions & setting strategic agendas etc)- Communication & brand (drafting executive messages; overseeing editorial calendar; Writing and coordinate numerous annual award submissions & regulatory reports and monitoring and mitigating for risk)-Program Management (Designing, developing and overseeing execution of 15 annual large scale enterprise events (500+) & a variety of training and sponsorship related programs);- Partner/Relationship Management (collaborating with internal and external partners to develop & execute innovative communication tactics to articulate the customer & employee experience & corporate citizenship brand)-Thought leadership & Ambassador (representing TD in numerous external high-value Community, Corporate & government partnerships, on panels etc); -Operations & Team Leadership of 7 'Centre of Excellence' team members (overseeing development, execution & integration of cross functional initiatives ie training, talent acquisition, community partnerships and sponsorships, & operations & budget); -Continuous improvement ( monitor , measure, share success of programs, employee feedback; hiring, promotion and retention metrics)

Toronto, Ontario

Began TD career as an Internal Communications Officer (Corporate & Public Affairs) during the integration of TD & Canada Trust and took on increasingly senior strategy and communication roles focused on employee &/or customer experience including leading two business based communication team functions (within Wealth Management & Business Banking) and Enterprise Employee Experience in addition to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Graduate Diploma, Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainability

Education record

2019 Sobey's senior executive team meeting panelist 2019 Rotman's WIMA event- gender inclusion panelist 2019 Microsoft Talent.

Public Relations, Post Graduate Degree

Corporate Communications

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Bachelor of Arts, English