Presentation by Mr Bernd Starke, Chairperson, dbEnable Singapore, Deutsche Bank, at the 2016 Inclusive Business Forum, 26 Feb 2016

1. Deutsche Bank
dbEnable
Building Acceptance - A
Hiring Culture that embraces
People with Disability

2. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
dbEnable is part of Deutsche Bank’s global diversity initiative
which aims to build a strong inclusive culture, where the make-up
of our workforce reflects wider society.
dbEnable aims to enhance our understanding of disability and in
turn create a conducive environment that increases the
presence, participation and contribution of People with
Disabilities (PwD) at Deutsche Bank Singapore
Established in February 2014, dbEnable Singapore is the most
recent of the four diversity pillars in Singapore
What is dbEnable Singapore?

3. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
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Our aspirations
Build and
develop diverse
talent pipeline
Increase &
improve
awareness and
facilitate mindset
change
Promote a more
inclusive work
environment
Awareness
Employment
+

4. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
Advocates
Chairperson
Committee members
Employment
Community
EngagementAwareness Building
Agency/Charity Partners dbEnable Team
DAS (Dyslexic Association of Singapore)
DPA (Disabled People’s Association)
DSA (Down Syndrome Association)
HWA (Handicaps Welfare Association)
MDAS (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
SADeaf (Singapore Association of the Deaf)
SAVH (Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
SGEnable
SPD (Society for Physically Disabled)
Special Needs Schools (Rainbow, Tanglin)
…

5. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
Building understanding within the bank
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Lunch Talk with our Work Placement
Trainees on how to improve employment
opportunities for PwDs at Deutsche Bank
Art Exhibition at One Raffles Quay
with Touch Special Craft

6. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
Our backbone
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Deutsche Bank’s work placement programme

7. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
Reaching out to the community
Engaging with Charities and Advocacy Groups

8. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
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Deutsche Bank's Born to Be initiative
Visually impaired erhu player Stephanie Ow receives
professional music training and plays with the Singapore
Youth Chinese Orchestra under a scholarship from
Deutsche Bank’s Born to Be initiative

9. dbEnable SingaporeDeutsche Bank
Singapore Business Network on DisAbility
Founding members

10. Deutsche Bank
dbEnable’s Journey
.
Sept – Nov 2015
Lunch Talks and
events with DSA,
DAS, SADeaf,
Touch Special
Craft …
June 2015
Launch event for
Singapore
Business Network
on DisAbility ‘The
Power of Many’
June – August
2015
2nd 10 week work
placement
programme
September
2014
MDAS and DPA
Flag Day
November 2014
DB’s Global
Diversity Week
(Dialogue
in the Dark,
Wheelchair
Challenge)
April 2014
Launch event for
dbEnable ‘Willing
and Able’
February 2015
SAVH at
Singapore
Chinese
Orchestra concert
June – August
2014
Inaugural 10 week
work placement
programme
July 2014
Embracing
Disability in our
workplace with
SPD