Hailing from a small town in India, Aanchal Gupta has always been a strong advocate of DEI. As the global DEI leader for Agoda, she takes pride in building a more inclusive culture across its global markets.
Meet Aanchal Gupta (pictured above), Agoda’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Leader. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, Aanchal took on the role about a year ago in 2023 and since then, has been focused on driving deeper DEI initiatives across the organisation.
Over the past year, the leader has been part of big decisions and impactful projects around the matter, such as:
- supporting employee resource groups for Pride, Women, the Thai community, and more; and
- conducting Agoda’s Women in the Workplace Asia survey.
She tells us all about the experience in this interview with Priya Sunil.
Q How does the perception of gender inclusivity vary across different markets, age groups, and genders in Asia?
There are three key takeaways from Agoda’s Women in the Workplace Asia…