Global Women's Financial Forum

Della Sabessar

Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Credit Suisse

Della Sabessar is a Managing Director based in New York and serves as the Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) for Credit Suisse, where she leads the D&I team’s efforts to enhance the diversity of our workforce and foster an inclusive culture. 

Della has been with the bank for 17 years. Prior to her current role, Della served as the Bank's Global Head of Experienced and Campus Recruitment, and was responsible for managing the Experienced and Campus Recruitment teams, Internal Mobility and Onboarding across the globe. Della has also served as an HR Business Partner for several years including as the Americas Head of HR for the Equities department. In 2010, she assumed the newly created role of Head of Internal Mobility, leading a cultural shift in a space now recognized as a key differentiator for Credit Suisse. Della is also credited with establishing the Bank's Real Returns program to on ramp talented professionals who have taken a career break as part of a successful global gender recruitment campaign. Most recently, she led the implementation of our new global recruitment model by insourcing several vendors to drive a shift in service quality.

Della joined Credit Suisse in 2003, after two years as a HR consultant in various Credit Suisse divisions via Resource Solutions Inc. She has also held various recruiting roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Proxicom.

Della holds a Bachelor of Arts in History as a graduate of Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York.