By Dieter Holger

 

XPO Logistics Inc. appointed its first chief diversity officer, joining companies that have stepped up their pledges to address racial inequities within their organizations.

Greenwich, Connecticut-based XPO, a cargo shipping and logistics company with nearly 100,000 workers, said Tuesday that LaQuenta Jacobs would fill the newly created role effective Aug. 3 and report directly to the chief executive.

Ms. Jacobs joined XPO in 2018 as a Human Resources executive and previously worked at Delta Air Lines Inc. and Home Depot Inc., among others.

The number of corporate diversity and inclusion officers has grown this year amid mounting concerns about social justice following the killing of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police. General Electric Co., real-estate firm CBRE Group Inc. and video chat service Zoom Video Communications Inc. are among companies that have named chief diversity officers in recent weeks.

 

Write to Dieter Holger at dieter.holger@wsj.com; @dieterholger

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 28, 2020 07:14 ET (11:14 GMT)

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