Page 7 - The BCW - Resilience and Reflection Annual Dinner 2020

CORPORATE LEADERS
RESILIENCE AND REFLECTION | ANNUAL DINNER 2020
MAGGIE TIMONEY
President & CEO
Heineken USA
HEINEKEN
Throughout 2020 our employees and distributors have been put to the test in navigating the unprecedented times; from everyone working remotely (whereas the beer industry is one of personal connections), managing supply chain disruptions, pivoting marketing campaigns and events, and staying close as an organization. Through
it all we have remained focused on the task at hand and rallied together to make it all happen, while of course keeping safety as our number one priority. With bars and restaurants closed, we had to change our ways of working — would like to point you to this great story of one of our colleagues.
The most difficult moment in 2020 was when we lost a colleague to COVID19,
which had a tremendous impact on the organisation. Despite being remote we were able to come together (virtually) and find support with each other. Over the year we’ve
MASTERCARD
At Mastercard, our mission is to connect
and power an inclusive, digital economy
that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. More now than ever, we’re putting all of our capabilities and technology to work to make sure there is less to worry about.
We continue to put our employees and their families first by providing the option to work from home with added flexibility and leverage our insights to ensure that our solutions are as effective as they can be for customers and consumers. In its sustained efforts to invest
provided support to our local community with a USD donation to the White Plains Hospital COVID‐19 Fund as well as used the reach of our brands to support consumers across the country. To thank our partners for their hard work and commitment, we delivered several cases of Heineken 0.0 to those working behind‐the‐scenes to deliver our beers from the ports to the designated warehouses. We teamed up with Major League Soccer and David Guetta to host
a livestream performance live from New
York City raising half a million dollars. Dos Equis our brand known for being the most interesting beer launched an interesting twist on social distancing when they created the seis‐foot cooler and selling out in under two minutes! They are now working on a program to donate $1.00 to the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation for every purchase of Dos Equis made in the on‐premise.
in the communities it serves, Mastercard
has committed to bring 1 billion people
and 50 million small and medium‐sized businesses into the digital economy by
2025, and pledged $500 million to help close racial wealth and opportunity gap for Black communities across America. If anything this pandemic has shown Mastercard’s employees and technology remain resilient and when
we come together with our partners and communities we can drive change and come out stronger on the other side.
LINDA KIRKPATRICK
President, U.S. Issuers for Mastercard
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