cbutler24@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Chante Butler joined Diageo North America in October 2023 as Vice President, Inclusion and Diversity. In this role she focuses on developing a fully integrated, cross-functional strategy embedding Diageo’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) priorities and ambitions in everything we do.
Prior to Diageo, Chante headed the DEI function at Flatiron Health, a health technology firm with a mission to improve and extend lives via learnings from individuals living with cancer. Her expertise combines a deep understanding of DEI principles and practices with extensive business experience and a proven track record of driving organizational change. At Flatiron, Chante significantly increased belonging engagement scores in the company and designed a bespoke strategy to drive inclusion across the enterprise.
Prior to Flatiron, she spent several years providing strategic advice and counsel to a broad array of companies at the global consulting firms of Accenture and Deloitte and Touche. Chante also brings an entrepreneurial spirit: early in her career, she founded her own consulting firm providing engineering, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology Fortune 500 companies. She is also part of the ownership group of the Cape Town Tigers, the three-time South African Basketball Club Champions, competing in the NBA Africa/FIBA Basketball Africa League.