Sony Music Group has hired Tiffany R. Warren to expand the company’s ongoing equity and inclusion activities and policies. In the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, she will directly report to SMG Chairman Rob Stringer.

Warren will work with all of Sony Music Group’s global recorded music, publishing and corporate divisions. Warren will partner with SMG’s global leadership teams including its Human Resources and Employee Network groups as well as its Social Justice task forces and philanthropy efforts.

Warren will focus on hiring and promotion equity; inclusive learning and development; regular organization-wide diversity and equity assessments; and diversified business and community partnerships.

Stringer said of Warren, “her ground-breaking strategic vision, expertise and entrepreneurism will help us further our commitment to equity and long-term change inside our company and throughout the industry.”

Warren spent more than 10 years as Omnicom Group’s Chief Diversity Officer. She created and implemented the Omnicom People Engagement Network (OPEN), a diversity, equity and inclusion framework, globally focused on culture, community, collaboration and its advertising clients. In 2005, Warren founded ADCOLOR, an organization that champions diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.

“Music has deeply impacted the shift society has taken to elevate diversity, equity and belonging, and Sony Music Group and its artists and songwriters have historically contributed to the soundtrack of these pivotal inflection points around the world,” Warren said. “I am humbled to contribute my experience to this remarkable legacy.”