Our Members
OUR MEMBERS
WOF is a movement focused on collaboration and kindness in the workplace, galvanising a community of women to work together as a new generation of talent across multiple sectors and industries. Learn more about the inspiring and high-achieving women who are part of our community.
Anu Anand
Journalist & Broadcaster, Sacred Cow Media
What is the best part of your job?
For a little girl who was constantly told not to speak up, the best part of my job has been the opportunity to be paid to explore the world, ask questions and to hold power to account.
If you could give one piece of advice to yourself at the start of your career what would it be?
Positive psychology and reconciling your traumas is as vital to success as job skills, contacts and experience. Don’t underestimate how powerful healing and self-belief are to your journey, especially if you were raised in a limiting, patriarchal environment.
What is one act of kindness that you will remember forever?
My high school teacher, Curry Leslie, once a high-flying television producer who worked with internationally known names, putting aside an entire school day to talk to me about the problems I was having at home. That day changed the course of my life by acknowledging my truth, giving me both a career and life mentor and arming me with the skills to fight my corner.
What is your favourite quote?
Bloom where you are planted.
If you could invite two people to dinner (dead or alive!) who would they be and why?
Comedienne Lilly Singh and Chef Asma Khan because, well what’s better than great food and great laughs? Lilly has been making me laugh for more than a decade and it’s absolutely thrilling to see her hosting mainstream network TV in the US. It shows how far the US has come in terms of authentic mainstream representation. And Asma Khan because she is also clearly warm, funny, irreverent and authentic, but also because on this side of the Atlantic, Asma has redefined both representation and corporate practice. I can’t think of anything I’d love more than to laugh with women who share my journey and to be inspired by their own creativity, perseverance and success.
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Prini Pithouse
Company Secretary & Deputy General Counsel, Legal Regulatory & Compliance, Europe, VIsa
What is the best part of your job?
Solving problems that no one has had to think about in quite the same way before; and working with a bright, engaging and high performing team.
What is the best part of your job?
Working with such bright and interesting people, and being part of such the fascinating publishing industry.
What is the best part of your job?
The sheer array of people I meet from a variety of sectors and cultural backgrounds - I always come away learning or hearing something new.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job has been building my team and supporting them as we grow. I feel we have built a truly unique company culture where inclusion is at the core of our cultural makeup. We all work towards the same goals and enjoy the process. In addition, I thoroughly enjoy closing deals with music industry rightsholders that have never been done before, it makes me feel proud to know we are making a positive change in our industry. I feel so lucky to be spending every day doing what I love.
What is the best part of your job?
Pre-COVID, it used to be the ability to travel around the APAC region. Nonetheless, the best part of my job is the fact that it allows me to engage 1st hand with colleagues around APAC and learn more about their culture, mentality and way of life.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my work is the joy of exploration, I am driven to the white canvas with no planning or expectation about its future results. I don’t think much, I don’t do sketches or studies, I just get inspired (by music and by my relationship with the world within me and around me), and start painting…. Then I surprise myself by what my hands made.
What is the best part of your job?
There is so much that I love. I lead an Advisory Practice based in Singapore and London. That means I work with really smart and stimulating people – colleagues and clients. Our role is to advise, and help senior people in organisations to continue to improve and to deliver their objectives. When people reach close to the top of an organisation, they are supposed to know it all. There are very few opportunities for these time-poor people to bounce ideas off like-minded people, learn new skills or improve their existing ones in a safe environment. In particular it’s how technology is used in organisations to enhance the customers, employees and the organisation itself that excites me, especially now that most organisations are doing a digital transformation of some type. The leadership teams are being challenged like never before.
What is the best part of your job?
Participating in the development of young lawyers brings me a great deal of satisfaction. It goes without saying that I enjoy helping clients achieve their aims with regard to their business operations, but in my leadership position I also have responsibility for other lawyers whose careers depend on our collective effectiveness in the marketplace. It is particularly gratifying to see successful colleagues and protégés use their experiences to further inspire and motivate their own juniors to become successful; this is real “pay it forward” in action.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job is seeing the impact that our work has on the most marginalised communities in India and Nepal. Water is the most basic of human needs, and rights, so the cascading developments that it brings is phenomenal. Women and girls bear the brunt of unsafe or lack of water, so seeing how it enables them to flourish is always emotional.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job is having an opportunity to inspire and to have an impact on the lives of millions of people through the work that I produce; especially when it comes to the historical documentaries and TV shows. I believe it is very that the new generation understands their history, as I believe we can not go forward without understanding the past. Therefore, a large part of my work to date has been to counter any historical falsification by the current Iranian regime and to mitigate the obscuring effects of time.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job is being able to facilitate change in people's hearts and minds and breaking down barriers between people so that the collective power of a diverse group can be realised. This happens on many levels. Clinically, I see clients who range from those with severe mental and physical illness to senior executives trying to strive under uncertainty and complexity. On a group level, I offer process consultation and education and training to about a thousand healthcare professionals to enable them to be more resilient and more confident in joining up mental and physical healthcare. On a systemic level, I also work to change structures, processes and organisational culture.
Dunola Oladapo
Masters in Global Affairs Student at Tsinghua University, Beijing as a HSBC fellow of the Schwarzman Scholars Programme.
What is the best part of your job?
I really enjoy studying among such a diverse cohort of scholars from over 36 different countries. I value the diversity of backgrounds, disciplines and interests evident in my classmates. Just a few weeks into the programme now and I already feel that I am truly developing as a leader and more importantly as a person.