Niarchos Pabalis

Director Diversity, Equity and Inclusion LATAM | Brasil/USA

Niarchos is a professional who was a pioneer in the area of Diversity and inclusion in Latin America. Born in Brazil and having lived in Uruguay, Niarchos experienced cultural intelligence from a very young age. After joining the German multinational SAP in 2010, his passion for equity led him to join Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) efforts as a volunteer. He was soon transferred to SAP headquarters for a one-year assignment reporting to SAP's Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. During his time in Germany, he was responsible for more than 100 employee resource groups and coordinated the development of the company's first diversity and inclusion learning program, which was later rolled out worldwide and is now part of the curriculum available to SAP's more than 100,000 employees.

Due to his efforts in the area of inclusion, Niarchos later became the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for SAP Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015. Based in Brazil, he spearheaded the design and execution of the winning regional Diversity and Inclusion strategy of prizes. In 2016, the Financial Times selected Niarchos as one of the future global LGBT+ leaders. Due to Niarchos' leadership, in 2019 SAP won 30 D&I awards, including Guia Exame de Diversidade (Brazil), WEP (Brazil), Flor Awards (Argentina), Eikon (Global) and MarComm (Global). At SAP, Niarchos launched the Autism at Work program in 5 countries, increased 5% women in leadership, launched 30 Employee Groups, and helped SAP become a well-known D&I leader in the Latin American market.

In early 2020, Niarchos decided to join the Wikimedia Foundation as Global Director of Diversity and Inclusion leading a global team, while in 2021 he moved to the Netherlands to work at Booking.com as Global Director of Employee Activation. Niarchos is now very excited to join Warner Bros. Discovery as the new Director of Equity and Inclusion LATAM.

Niarchos loves to travel and is a huge fan of genealogy, a passion he developed while trying to reconnect with his past and study human and family relationships. Therefore, feeding a strong sense of purpose in the fight for the evolution and consolidation of human rights.