In-House

Wanji Walcott, chief legal officer and general counsel, Discover Financial Services

With over 20 years of experience in-house, Wanji Walcott reflects on the ingredients for a successful legal career, and her passion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Wanji Walcott, chief legal officer and general counsel, Discover Financial Services

In conversation with

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) has been a passion point for me for a number of years, starting well before I was a general counsel. What I liked to do, earlier in my career, was bring together women lawyers for information sharing, to boost each other up. When I did that informally, prior to becoming a general counsel, I realized there is a lot of power that in-house counsel hold. I realized we could do the same thing with respect to women who are outside counsel.

Taking responsibility

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