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Embracing refugees

the way they are treated and the practical benefits we offer. It’s the absolute minimum that we can offer our people.

These are people that have desperately difficult personal circumstances, and we had one who when I think about it, breaks my heart every single day. It’s often the women and their children who escape. They have lost their sons, fathers, grandfathers that have died in the Ukrainian War. They have experienced trauma and been displaced; often not speaking English fully and yet with a work ethic that is simply staggering. On top of their grief, they are here to be part of their new future. Sleeves up, hearts open, and desperate to begin again. As well as financial assistance, which for us is an ethical given, our health insurance means they have access to mental health support – and in their own language. We invest a lot of personal time in making sure those who have gone through so much already, have a place where they feel safe at work, through

We’re part of our client family

Our staff are known to all our clients’ staff because they work in- house. One of the fastest growing pension funds in the UK is one of our clients, along with the fastest growing digital first banks. When we go and see them, they see our staff as part of their own staff, with complete integration. That’s true value to them, and where our mission is being realised. There is no us; there is no them; there is only we; and the reason why I wake up every morning knowing we can be the change that we want to see because we are all living it as one. For me, they are the true heroes at Kanso – as MD, I merely give them the means to thrive.

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