Rebecca Hollants Van Loocke, COO EMEA Frasers Hospitality advised to embrace any opportunity, try as hard as you can, and never beat yourself up if you fail, to any young person starting out in their career today.
Think Women
40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Discover what drives women to succeed personally and professionally, plus their valuable advice to other female leaders and their hopes for a more equitable world.
To celebrate INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (8th March 2023) and the launch of our Think Women: Inspire Global Women For Growth event in London on the 10 March 2023, we are profiling forty inspirational female leaders who are making a real difference in a wide range of international roles.
This series will recognise the high calibre of women working in international leadership roles, learning more about their professional journey and lifting the lid on their unique leadership styles.
Rebecca Hollants Van Loocke, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Rebecca Hollants Van Loocke, COO EMEA Frasers Hospitality advised to embrace any opportunity, try as hard as you can, and never beat yourself up if you fail, to any young person starting out in their career today.
Meridyth Park, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
As Head of Marketing at CMC Invest UK, Meridyth Park is immersed in the Fintech sector, and her mission now is to give them as many opportunities as possible to progress their careers in the tech and fintech space too.
Anna Kavelj, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Anna Kavelj is the MD of multi-award winning Elite Woodhams Relocation, a destination services provider covering Australia and beyond.
Caitlin Pyett, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Caitlin is a senior Global Mobility Professional with 20 years’ experience across Policy, Operations, Advisory and Strategy.
Sonya Rees, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Sonya Rees, a Partner at tax, accounting and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in all its forms, including financial wellbeing for women.
Siobhan Cummins, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Siobhan Cummins has worked in Global Mobility for over 35 years and during this time has seen many changes in the both the demographic of mobile employees and the increased complexity in global mobility programmes. She shares ways that Global Mobility is changing to adapt to critical talent shortages.
Salma Shah, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Salma Shah launched her book ‘Diversity, inclusion and belonging in coaching’ in April 2022, a practical guide that allows coaches, leaders and line managers to create an inclusive culture of belonging and psychological safety to ensure that all employees flourish. In March 2023, her book was shortlisted for the business book awards.
Caroline Thorley-Farrer, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Caroline Thorley-Farrer, Group Global Mobility Director at Worley, is at the forefront of innovating inclusive approaches to recruiting, retaining and developing internationally mobile talent. Drawing on her own global experience, Caroline is finding ways to make the benefits of a multinational career available to all.
Julia Onslow-Cole, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Julia Onslow-Cole is a highly regarded specialist migration and policy lawyer. In her interview for Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women, she notes the changing needs of international assignees after the pandemic and the importance of looking after the welfare of families as a key to a successful international assignment.
Mary Biddlecombe, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Mary Biddlecombe, Executive Director – Development and External Relations, at TASIS, The American School in England. Mary has forged a successful career across multiple sectors by connecting and leading people.
Esther Clark, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Esther Clark of Inspired Education Group, has had a truly international upbringing and career, working for global brands such as BMW and the Government of Canada, and gives some inspiring advice for future female leaders.
Ellen Shustik, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Ellen Shustik from Inner Wings Foundation is an inspirational leader who is passionate about training for children and teachers to help combat the rising incidence of childhood anxiety and mental health issues post-Covid. Ellen has had a varied international career in politics and democratic support.
Dr Susan Doering Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Dr Susan Doering, an executive trainer, coach and author, who specialises in helping professional women to make transitional career changes that will help them to flourish. Read her tips for handling a career crossroads.
Julia Palmer, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Julia Palmer, the Chief Operating Officer of Relo at Santa Fe Relocation. Julia works with a diverse range of clients, from large organisations to smaller teams with only a handful of assignees. Julia tells how she uses her own expat experiences to be an effective leader.
Dr Sue Shortland, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Dr Sue Shortland, whose career across the corporate consulting world, research and teaching, has driven evidence-based decision making in HR and international assignments. She’s witnessed women’s participation in expat roles rise over the years, which is an important step in gaining promotion.
Jo Wakeham, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Jo Wakeham, Group Managing Director at relocation management company K2 Corporate Mobility. Jo has crafted her career around helping international businesses thrive, but she firmly plants her success in the practice of people first in everything they do.
Asma Bashir, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Asma Bashir is co-founder of Centuro Global, a company which simplifies the international expansion journey, using an innovative technology platform. Asma attributes her success to being willing to take risks and being ambitious in the face of hardships.
Dr Anino Emuwa, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Dr Anino Emuwa is an advocate for gender balance in leadership, and convenes across a wide range of global and regional communities of women CEOs and founders, including 100 Women@Davos and the Africa Women CEOs Network.
Ann Ellis, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Entrepreneur Ann Ellis, co-founder and CEO of global workforce solutions company, Mauve, is a go-to expert when it comes to relocating employees and international assignments. She talks about her career and the importance of supporting women leaders.
Gina Lodge, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
Gina Lodge, founder of World View, talks about her journey from leading IT projects early-career at Shell Chemicals International to this year’s impactful Reykjavik Forum of Women Political Leaders.
Laura Ashley-Timms, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
As part of our Think Women Outstanding Global Women series, we spoke to Laura Ashley-Timms, one of the UK’s top Executive Coaches and CEO of Notion. She believes in the transformational power of communication and is on a global mission to deliver impactful behavioural change in leaders across a range of organisations.
Alison Green, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Alison Green, executive coach and director of WOMBA. Alison believes that good communication is key for effective leadership, and works with leaders and teams to help them to achieve the work life they want.
Rachel Davis, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Rachel Davis, Co-CEO of Armstrong Craven, a global talent mapping and pipelining partner for scarce and senior positions. Rachel is passionate about encouraging women to move into senior leadership roles and fully understands the challenges many women face when climbing the corporate ladder.
Jenny Hinde, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We chatted to Jenny Hinde, Executive Director at The Clear Company, a UK-based diversity and inclusion firm that focuses on inclusive recruitment and talent management. Jenny is passionate about promoting equality for women, and gives a fascinating insight into what makes an excellent, impactful leader.
Sharmla Chetty, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
As part of our Think Women Outstanding Global Women series, we spoke to Sharmla Chetty, CEO of Duke Corporate Education. Sharmla has an impressive track record of driving transformation through leadership in a wide range of industries across over 80 countries.
Zarina Ward, Think Women’s 40 Outstanding Global Women 2023
We spoke to Zarina Ward, Global Chief People Officer at Kantar Public to profile as one of Think Women’s inspiring international leaders. Zarina has led people and talent functions in major professional services firms, as well as having run her own business.