DSG Consulting partnered with Roark to design and advance high-impact strategies focused on leadership, access, and opportunity. Together, they developed initiatives to expand access and awareness of investment banking and private equity careers among underrepresented communities, including a tailored curriculum and with mission-aligned educational institutions and industry groups.

Internally, Roark focused on building up talent practices, broadening recruitment pipelines through a new externship program, and supporting portfolio companies in enhancing their own workforce and culture strategies.

Over the course of 9 months, our partnership resulted in:

• Sustainable Learning Opportunities: Facilitated discussions and workshops designed by Roark leaders to cover topics such as effective communication, workplace culture, and leadership accountability.
• Talent Pipeline Expansion: Progressed multi-year strategy for reaching students from historically marginalized and underrepresented groups with Roark’s tailored curriculum, and cultivating longer-term opportunities to expand with other mission-aligned institutions.
• Externship Program Launch: Designed and launched a new externship program, connecting exceptional students from a wide variety of schools and backgrounds to opportunities within Roark’s network.
• Enhanced Talent Practices: Evaluated and improved recruitment processes resulting in more consistent and data-informed hiring.
• Sustained Progress Network: Captured new principles, processes, and an annual calendar to guide continued success in broadening the undergraduate talent pipeline.