Session: Verbs vs. Nouns
Owning our careers, choices and consequences through empathy, curiosity and generosity - of ourselves and others.
Hear stories of multiple career pivots which span countries, functions and companies while navigating parenting and all-round adulting!
Bio
Sandhya Pillay
VP Equipment Innovation & Freestyle Operations The Coca-Cola Company
Born and raised in South Africa, Sandhya has a 22-year cross functional, multi-country, and culturally diverse career. With a deep-rooted devotion to growing people and businesses, she majored in Marketing and Information Technology.
Currently the VP of Equipment Innovation and Freestyle Operations for Coca-Cola North America, Sandhya’s career spans Brand Marketing at Unilever, Innovation and Channel Development at Tiger Brands then Customer, Operations, Supply Chain, Innovation, General Management, Customer & Commercial Leadership at both Coca-Cola bottling partner, ABInBev and The Coca-Cola Company.
Sandhya has extensive experience in developing and leading cross-functional teams globally to design mutually beneficial, consumer centric strategies for customers and The Coca-Cola System.
Deeply passionate about building the next generation of leaders, including her three daughters, she has led Coca-Cola’s Woman’s Leadership Chapters across multiple countries, including North America and continues to coach and mentor students and young professionals.
Richa Awasthi
Vice President- Credit Risk Analyst — Consumer & Business Cards, Financial Services
Credit Risk Analyst with 10+ years of experience in commercial banking and consumer/ business credit cards, specializing in risk strategy, portfolio analytics, and credit line management. Experienced in data-driven decisioning, risk modeling, and financial analytics to optimize portfolio performance and control loss.