WeQual Recognises 8 Exceptional Business Women Across Asia

Eight gifted businesswomen, holding distinguished govt roles in main corporations listed throughout the Asia-Pacific area, have been named winners within the WeQual Awards.

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The WeQual Awards had been created to speed up gender parity on the high of the most important corporations on the planet. More than 35% of WeQual Awards winners are actually at world govt committee degree, and greater than 50% of the class winners of our first awards have made it to the highest – together with one chief govt.

The 8 class winners of the WeQual Awards, Asia-Pacific, 2022, are:

• Finance: Rajani Kesari, Chief Financial Officer – Ambuja Cements Ltd., Holcim
• Product: Sarala Menon, Executive Vice President – Manufacturing & Product Supply Chain – India & South Asia, Colgate-Palmolive
• Marketing: Paula Pinto, Global Head – Business & Marketing Excellence, UPL
• Strategy: Mehrnavaz Avari, Area Director UK & General Manager, St. James’ Court, A Taj Hotel & Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, Suites & Residences, London, Indian Hotels Company Ltd
• People: Sarah Southwell, General Manager, Human Resources, GrainCorp
• Communication: Frances van Reyk, Head of Investor Relations, Ampol Limited
• Operations: Kavita Jain, Vice President Supply Chain & Operations, South Asia, Hindustan Unilever
• Innovation: Deborah Peach, Executive General Manager – Health, Safety & Environment, Cleanaway

All entries for the WeQual Awards are anonymously assessed, that means that our assessors see neither their identify nor the corporate for which they work. After the evaluation, the 24 finalists are appraised by one in all our govt interviewers earlier than eight class winners are chosen.

WeQual’s Executive Interviewers embrace:

• Dame Inga Beale, Chair of Mediclinic and Former CEO of Lloyd’s of London, Mediclinic
• Pier Luigi Sigismondi, President, Dole Sunshine Company
• Shumit Kapoor, President, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Kellogg Company
• Umang Vohra, Managing Director & Global Chief Executive Officer, Cipla
• Tamara Box, Managing Partner – Europe & Middle East, Reed Smith
• Tulsi Naidu, Chief Executive Officer APAC & Group Executive, Zurich Insurance
• Sanjiv Mehta, President, South Asia, Chair and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited
• Zoran Bogdanovic, Chief Executive Officer, Coca-Cola HBC

There are actually greater than 160 main corporations worldwide that may boast a WeQual Award finalist – referred to as WeQual Alumni – amongst their senior management.

Katie Litchfield, Founder of WeQual, stated: “WeQual’s mission is to attain company gender parity. The WeQual Awards are designed to establish, rejoice and encourage gifted ladies who’re prepared and prepared to take the subsequent step to Group Executive Committee degree.”

WEQUAL GLOBAL

To assist speed up gender parity, WeQual lately launched the web platform “WeQual Global”. Members profit from common occasions, ‘Think Tanks’, peer-to-peer teaching and on the spot entry to a worldwide listing of WeQual ladies, creating the proper circumstances to collaborate with thought leaders at among the largest corporations on the planet.

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