Virtual Summits
Women in Security 2023
May 17, 2023 at
1:00pm ET
On DEMAND VIDEO
Empowering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Corporate Security
Speaker: Maria Teresa Septien, Chair of the Board of Trustees, ASIS Foundation
ASIS Foundation chair, Maria Septien CPP will be sharing key findings on the first-ever Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) report, Empowering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Corporate Security 2022. The report highlights DEI challenges within corporate security and suggestions towards building a culture that respects and celebrates the diversity of its workforce; recruiting, developing, and retaining diverse talent necessary to address the challenges faced by the security profession. Valuing and leveraging a diverse workforce, and developing and retaining talent with different life experiences, will undoubtedly bring better and more strategic solutions to the world of security.
Maria Teresa Septien
Maria Teresa Septien is the Managing Director for AFIMAC Global in Latin America and Chair of the Board of Trustees of ASIS Foundation.
She has over 25 years of experience in corporate security, and has collaborated as a consultant in several strategic security, crisis management and emergency projects in the public and private sector in Latin America.
Ms. Septien has been recognized as one of “The 100 Most Influential Private Security Professionals in Mexico” in 2017 and 2022. Internationally, she received the Karen Marquez Award by ASIS International’s Global Women in Safety Community for her contributions and leadership, as well as her support for the development and inclusion of more women in the security industry. In Oct. 2022 she received the Women In Security LATAM 2022 Award for her leadership and contributions in the Region.
She has a degree in Computer Science, and has a postgraduate degree in Corporate Security Management from the University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain. She holds a CPP certification by ASIS International.
Ms. Septien collaborates actively as professor in several diplomat degrees on leadership and security management, and as facilitator in CPP preparation programs in Latin America, and mentor in ASIS and OSAC Mentoring initiatives.
She is a founding member of the National Council of Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico and ASIS WIS LATAM Council, and actively participates in the Security Committees of various Chambers of Commerce in Mexico, including Spain, Canada, Germany and the United States.
