the firm's Chief Executive Officer until 2022. CCDI Consulting is the consulting arm of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. Bach is a former Member of the board of directors for the Canadian Club of Toronto and the advisory board for The Mentoring Partnership. Bach was also a former member of the Diversity Advisory Board for the Toronto Region Board of Trade. Book awards Bach is the recipient of the 2020 Nautilus Silver award as part of the Nautilus Book Awards, for his book Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right. In 2022, Bach's books were also honored in American Bookfest's Best Book Awards. Alphabet Soup was a finalist in the General Nonfiction category, and Birds of All Feathers was a finalist in the Legacy Nonfiction category. Personal life Bach is openly gay and came out when he was sixteen. Two years later, at the age of eighteen, he became the coordinator of the Lesbian and Gay Youth of Toronto. Bach has always been very active in the LGBTQIA+ community and vocal about the rights of LGBTQIA+ people, especially in the workplace. He is also the founding chair of the Board of Directors of Pride at Work Canada, an LGBTQIA+ workplace advocacy group, and the former board director for the LGBT Youth Line. He is also a former board director of exeQutive, a networking organization for LGBT professionals, executives, and experienced entrepreneurs. He later became involved with the AIDS Committee of Toronto. He lives in Toronto with his husband, Mike and their two dogs, Sasha and Pepper. References External links Official website LinkedIn YouTube Living people 1971 births Canadian business executives Canadian gay men Canadian LGBT rights activists