OCC Announces Executive Director for Office of Minority and Women Inclusion — 2023-09-29

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced Shinu Shilesh as the Executive Director for the agency’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. In this role, Ms. Shilesh provides executive direction, sets policies, and oversees all agency matters relating to equal employment opportunity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in management, employment, and business activities. She reports directly to the Comptroller of the Currency. The OCC established this position to comply with Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. She will assume this position in October 2023. Ms. Shilesh fills a role vacated by Joyce Cofield, who retired from the position. ”Ensuring that the OCC has the right leadership in place to advance an inclusive culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility is an agency imperative,” said Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu. “Ms.