Shortlist Announced for WeQual Awards EMEA 2021
London, 8 November 2021 - BUSINESSWIRE – Twenty-four women executives have been recognised by the WeQual Awards for their outstanding contribution to business from some of the biggest companies in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. WeQual’s mission is to tackle the slow progress in appointing women to executive positions.
Since its creation, more than 35% of the winners of previous WeQual Awards in the UK, EMEA, APAC and The Americas have already been promoted to the executive committees of major global companies.
The 24 WeQuals, all one level below Group ExCo or Group C-Suite leader, automatically become members of the WeQual Club. They join the 144 senior executives already enrolled. The winners in each category will be announced in January 2022.
The 24 WeQual Finalists for EMEA 2021:
Technology Category
Cecile Bartenieff, COO of Global Banking & Investors Solutions and Global Head of Technology & Operations, Société Générale.
Patricia Beau, Chief Technology Officer Lead / Partner For Consumer Healthcare, Sanofi.
Miruna Senciuc, CEO, Romanian Branch, BNP Paribas Personal Finance.
Brand Category
Mia Claselius, Vice President, Head of Communications, ABB Electrification, ABB Ltd.
Noémie Ellezam, Group Chief Digital Strategy Officer, Société Générale.
Anjana Srinivasan, Chief Operating Officer – HSBC Global Marketing, HSBC Holdings plc.
Transformation Category
Naina Bhattacharya, Chief Information Security Officer, Danone.
Christiane Lindenschmidt, Chief Digital and Data Officer, Markets and Securities Services, HSBC Holdings Plc.
Chafika Chettaoui, Group Chief Data Officer, Suez.
Commercial Category
Anne O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Ireland, Vodafone Group Plc.
Filipa Martins, Managing Director/CEO, Portugal, Edenred.
Mieke De Schepper, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Amadeus IT Group.
Finance Category
Anna Dimitrova, Chief Financial Officer and Strategy Director, Vodafone Germany
Daria Dodonova, Chief Financial Officer, Magyar Telekom, Deutsche Telekom.
Camila Japur, CFO Emerging Businesses, Ericsson.
Business Development Category
Arancha Cordero, Chief Growth Officer Waters, Danone.
Susan Uthayakumar, President, Sustainability Business Division, Schneider Electric.
Bettina Möckel, Vice President Corporate Business Development, QIAGEN
Procurement & Supply Chain Category
Sigrid Brendel, Head of Global Procurement, CPO, Campari Group.
Jessica Nordlinder, Chief Procurement Officer, Essity.
Francesca Gamboni, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain Groupe Stellantis, Stellantis.
People & Culture Category
Audra Jenkins, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Randstad North America
Cecilia Hallengren, Senior Vice President, People and Culture, Volvo Group Trucks Technology, Volvo Group.
Tina Mylon, SVP, Talent and Diversity, Schneider Electric.
About WeQual
WeQual’s mission is to make businesses more inclusive by identifying exceptional women executives and address the gender imbalance across the world’s Group Executive Committees. Katie Litchfield, founder and CEO of WeQual Awards, devised the new platform which calls for women senior executives to build their case as to why they deserve to be appointed to the Group Executive Committee.
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