On August 25, the Women Empowerment Council (WEC) and Selena Chu, Dow VP and WEC Co-chair hosted a Women Leadership Roundtable facilitated by Renzhong (Joyce) Tan, Senior Specialist, Diversity Initiatives at New York University Shanghai. Women leaders from Chayora, Dow, Henkel, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Milliken & Company, Volvo Cars, and WEquality shared their experiences and views on how they identify and manage unconscious bias.
2nd annual WE Awards recipients celebrated for advancing gender equity
This week the Women Empowerment Council (WEC) hosted a final online session for the Girls in STEMM students in Beijing and Shanghai. While students are looking forward to completing the in-person company visits later in the fall, they had a chance to interact with speakers in aerospace, tech, and healthcare before their summer holiday.
On April 29th, ExxonMobil and FedEx co-hosted a webinar on Coaching, Mentoring, Sponsorship. More than 120 people from WEC member companies and the larger DEI community attended this webinar. This event showcased the value of coaching, mentoring, sponsorship for women in the workplace and the best practices to implement these programs.
On April 20th, Bayer hosted students from Keystone Academy participating in the Girls in STEMM program at its Beijing Bayer Center.
On April 19th, Women Empowerment Council (WEC) members ExxonMobil and FedEx co-hosted a roundtable discussion centered on how empowering women strengthens economies.
To start the event, Tze San Koh, President of Gas China Marketing at ExxonMobil, welcomed everyone to the Waldorf. Tze San emphasized WEC’s mission to advance gender equality in businesses in China and beyond. To achieve that, WEC hosts regular events and activities around its three pillars: Sharing, Learning, and Influencing. She also shared her experience as a woman executive in the energy industry and how ExxonMobil empowers women to succeed in China and the United States.
To dive deeper into the theme of women empowerment, Thought Leader Sandy Lv, Leader of Operations Transformation Offering at Deloitte, shared more insights. Deloitte serves clients both in traditional business and the new economy. As a thought leader in the consulting business, they also believe that empowering women helps to shape Deloitte’s inclusion landscape.
From Dell, Shirley Wu, Senior Vice President, Greater China Market, elaborated on how Dell set diversity and inclusion KPIs. They have adopted a policy to ensure that for every job post listed, there is a strong female candidate. Also, the executive leaders at Dell respect diversity and strive to appreciate every employee.
After sharing from Yue Wu, President, BP Gas China, Echo Li, Senior HR manager at HPE, and Christina Wang, Head of Infectious Disease Business Unit, Janssen China, the other roundtable guests shared more about their personal journeys as women in business. Participants discusased findings on women’s traits ranging from empathy, resilience, agility, and perseverance. After each member shared their own actions to empower women, guests shared similar feedback in that women are more confident if they can learn from their success, and they can be a better self if they know their strengths. To continue growing, we need to find our passion and be resilient when overcoming obstacles.
All of the speakers and roundtable participants provided thoughtful insights on women empowerment, and we appreciate both ExxonMobil and FedEx for their contributions to gender equality in China and beyond.
On March 31st, Dow and HPE hosted a webinar on Moving Beyond Work-life Balance. This was a highly engaging opportunity for the Women Empowerment Council (WEC) community to share best practices, learn from each other’s growing pains, and feel empowered to influence their own work environments.
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At the launch of the Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Report by Merck and SCHSAsia on March 11, over 80 attendees from 16 industries joined online and celebrated this milestone together. Hong Chow, Head of China & International, Healthcare at Merck, opened the virtual event and boldly stated, “according to the World Economic Forum, it will …
To kick off Women’s History Month, Women Empowerment Council (WEC) member, Henkel hosted Girls in STEMM students in Shanghai on March 2nd. Before the tour of Henkel’s Shanghai Innovation Center, students lunched with Rajat Agarwal, President of Henkel Greater China & Global Head of Lifestyle Adhesives, and Jane Wong Pinter, Head of HR, Greater China. …