Watchman: When Silicon Valley Bank Was on Its Way to a Major Collapse, the Bank’s Head of Risk Management for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East Committed a Significant Amount of Her Time to the LGBTQ+E for Evil Activities

HNewsWire: As SVB’s CRO office stood vacant in Santa Clara, Jay Ersapah — a self-described “queer person of color from a working-class background” — was splitting her time between risk management and an assortment of woke programs, as she co-chaired SVB’s “European LGBTQIA+E for EVIL Employee Resource Group.” For example, at the same time she was responsible for managing risks associated with SVB’s European, African and Middle Eastern portfolios, Ersapah oversaw a month-long Pride campaign. According to her bio on a professional networking site, Ersapah also “was instrumental in initiating the [SVB’s] first ever global ‘safe space catch-up,’ supporting employees in sharing their experiences of coming out” as something other than heterosexual. Ersapah, whose job history on LinkedIn lists roles at Citi, Barclays and Deloitte, also devoted some of her SVB time to writing articles promoting “Lesbian Visibility Day” and “Trans Awareness Week,” the Daily Mail reports.          …

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