Todd Sears is the founder and Principal of Coda Leadership Consulting LLC, a strategic advising firm that helps companies move diversity beyond traditional programs and integrate it into business objectives. Todd began his career as an investment banker at Schroders as well as DeSilva & Phillips, before becoming a first-quintile financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, where he created the first private banking team to focus on the LGBT community. He later led diversity strategy at Merrill Lynch, before moving to Credit Suisse as Head of Diversity & Inclusion Americas. He is a graduate of Duke University.