Keri Gilder

Keri is CEO of Colt and a champion for inclusion and diversity. On her very first day at Colt, she hosted an event for the women’s network, Network 25, and she’s been a strong supporter of the network and its events ever since. Becoming CEO in May 2020, Keri has built Colt’s inclusion and diversity strategy and placed it front and centre. Under her leadership, Colt has launched initiatives such as company-wide inclusivity and bias training, a new mental health and wellbeing policy, and a domestic abuse support policy. The business has signed up to the Race at Work charter and introduced ally training for the LGBTQ+ community. Keri was responsible for forming Colt’s Inclusion and Diversity Council, bringing together all employee groups to drive real change. In 2020, Keri was made Chair of the TM Forum’s Diversity and Inclusion Council, a global collaboration project focused on making the telecommunications industry the most diverse and inclusive it can be.