Speaker
Stephen Lewis is General Manager for Toyota Financial Services, based in Plano, TX. He is responsible for integrating D&I thinking into every aspect of TFS business and fostering a culture of inclusion throughout the company.
Lewis joined Toyota as an Administrator in the Distribution Operations Department. He later moved to the Product Planning Department and worked as the Audio and Accessories Planner. He also served in Pricing, Sales Planning, and Strategic Planning before moving to Toyota’s corporate office in New York, taking a Senior Manager role there in Corporate Strategy and Research. Lewis has had a long time interest in and passion for D&I and has spoken out on D&I issues throughout his career. That extracurricular passion for equality and inclusion led to his current role leading the D&I team at TFS.
Lewis is originally from Augusta, Georgia. He earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Georgia State University.