Acting as a catalyst for transformational change, Diversity Atlas provides a world-first definition and measurement of cultural diversity, along with the knowledge and insight necessary for inclusive strategies.
Our story
Why we’re here
From producing and directing major intercultural productions for the United Nations, the Parliament of World Religions, and the United Religions Initiative, Cultural Infusion’s Founder, Peter Mousaferiadis is an internationally recognised thought leader of culture as a driver of peace and innovation. Since 1988, Peter has worked to build global harmony by learning and teaching others about culture in all its forms.
Peter founded Cultural Infusion in 2002 with an organisational vision is to help create a world that is culturally harmonious. The mission of business and the foundation has been to build global harmony through intercultural action. From delivering cultural programs for schools, businesses, governments and partners to running major events and programs, Cultural Infusion aims to help people better understand and experience the value cultural diversity has in all our lives.
Researching the diversity of cultures
to create harmony
In 2016, we began a six year research project to understand diversity. Concerned with the cultural dimension of conflict, with 75% of the world’s conflicts having a cultural dimension according to UNESCO, we also recognised workplace diversity can lead to disruptions in team communication and performance. These findings were published in the scientific journals, including The International Journal of Social Science and Humanity.
The science
a thoroughly researched methodology
Working with experts in computer science, cultural anthropology and organisational theory, along with our partners, the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the Australian National University and the Dialogue of Civilizations, we designed a comprehensive survey platform. Measuring diversity in all its complexity and intersectionality, the survey let individuals share their stories in terms that are meaningful to them. Based on this extensive research and development, we developed the world's first diversity data-analytics platform, which we now call Diversity Atlas.
'Divided we fall, united we stand, diversified we grow'
Winning Slogan developed Cultural Infusion’s founder Peter Mousaferiadis for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations “Do One Thing for Diversity” campaign, 2013
Staff Bios
Peter Mousaferiadis
CEO
Bio
Michael Walmsley
Chief Experience Officer
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Rezza Moieni
Chief Technology Officer
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Getrude Matshe
Senior Cultural Ambassador
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Wesley Payne McClendon
Chief Transformation Officer
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Roman Ruzbacky
Director – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Advisory Board
Dr Juliet Bourke
International business advisor & Professor
GAICD
Bio
Elizabeth Birch
President and CEO
The Elizabeth Birch Company
Bio
Jean Christophe-Bas
Founder and CEO
The Global Compass
Bio
Mohammed Khodr
Sales Director
SnowFlake
Bio
Amri B. Johnson
CEO
Inclusion Wins
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Tali Nates
Founder & Director
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
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What we stand for
We work to understand our cultural diversity and build harmony and well being through contributing to a society that:
Can meaningfully measure the richness and diversity in people that exists in our world
Values intercultural understanding
Utilises its cultural richness to benefit society as a whole
Uses cultural and artistic expression as a means of promoting social cohesion
Choose to know your organisation better!
Start to look into your organisation´s diversity today.
Peter Mousaferiadis is a thought leader in the space of culture, and of utilising culture as a driver of peace, sustainability, and innovation. He has spent over three decades working in the cultural and creative industries, and is a winner of numerous international awards in interculturalism including the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Intercultural Innovation Award as well as producing the winning slogan “Diversified We Grow” for their “Do One Thing for Diversity” campaign. Peter is regularly called upon as a thought leader of culture as a driver of peace.
Michael leads the commercialisation of digital technologies, including Diversity Atlas. Michael has played pivotal leadership roles that have resulted in local and global expansions. Prior to Cultural infusion, Michael led commercialisation of unique emerging technologies and data businesses, including Dialog information services with its Thomson Reuters acquisition ,Lexer pre Series A and Hitwise with its sale to Experian for $250m.
CTO and Project Director of Cultural Infusion since 2015. Rezza has a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science (Information Security). He graduated as the best student of 2012 from University Teknologi Malaysia in 2012 having started his career as a broadcast Engineer in 2001 at IRIB and continued his career pathway as a technical and project director of many national level projects in the broadcasting industry in Iran.
Getrude Matshe is a serial social entrepreneur, an inspirational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose. She is passionate about individuals’ success. This makes her an energetic, inspirational and enlightening speaker. Getrude has written several books and is now a book writing coach. She is the Global Curator of the HerStory circle and is on a mission to change the world one story at a time, one person at a time.
Dr. Wesley Payne McClendon is a leading authority in transformation and change strategy, innovating leadership, people, culture and human resource development, and managing sustainable resources and philanthropy in start up intelligent technology companies, complex global organisations, advisory boards and graduate business schools.
Roman is an experienced diversity, equity and inclusion leader and practitioner and analytical chemist. He has worked in the research, university, and Victorian Public Sector and is the Director of DEI at Cultural Infusion. His passions lay in creating enabling, equitable and inclusive workplace environments and bringing people together to raise consciousness and build competency.
Seasoned executive with experience in building and merging business into a Big4, leading the growth of a specialist team and advising on culture transformation with clients that include the UN, Apple, QBE and BHP.
Recent publications:
How confidence is weaponised against women (2022, HBR)
Three ways to be a more inclusive colleague (2021, HBR)
Which two heads are better than one? (2nd ed 2021, AICD)
The key to inclusive leadership (2020, HBR)
Why inclusive leaders are good for organisations and how to become one (2019, HBR)
The D&I Revolution: 8 Powerful Truths (2018, Deloitte)
Missing out: The business case for customer diversity (2017, Deloitte)
It's almost all about me. Workplace 2030: Built for us (2013, Deloitte)
Waiter, is that inclusion in my soup? A new recipe to improve business performance (2012, Deloitte)
President and CEO of the Elizabeth Birch Company (EBCO), advising a wide variety of corporate and not-for-profit clients and speaking on issues relating to corporate and organizational management, with a focus on Diversity & inclusion. Birch is a former Chief Attorney at Apple (1989–1995), and former President (1995–2005) of the Human Rights Campaign (the USA's largest LGBT advocacy organization), where she oversaw a vibrant period of growth and branding, including the establishment of the HRC HQ in Washington DC.
Jean Christophe advises governments, intergovernmental organisations, public entities and the corporate sector to promote pluralism, inclusive society, intercultural dialogue, education for democratic citizenship and participation. Founder and CEO of Connecters for Peace past Director of Democratic Citizenship and Participation at the Council of Europe. From 2008 to 2014, he served at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in New York as deputy Director, Strategic Development and Partnerships, where he spearheaded the development of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Asia and the Pacific. From 1999 to 2008, he was the Head of Development Policy Dialogue at the World Bank, where he created and developed the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He was the first Executive Director of the Aspen Institute France (1994-1999), chaired by former French Prime Minister Raymond Barre.
Sales Director of software development company Snowflake, and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Former roles include Director of Sales and Africa Regional Sales Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He has more than 21 years of IT/data analytics experience in mature and emerging markets across Cloud and workflow software, infrastructure and services domains spanning all major industry verticals.
Amris is the CEO of Inclusion Wins, a consultancy business that works with companies of all sizes on their inclusion strategies and is the former Global Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Novartis. He is based in Switzerland and is the author of Reconstructing Inclusion: Making Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Accessible, Actionable, and Sustainable (Benbella, 2022).
I am the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. I am a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights.
