Member and local Co-Head of the Executive Diversity Council
2020 - 2021
MSCI Inc.
Budapest, Hungary / Global
2 team members
Mission
Empower the company's local employee community to maximize their potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work.
Challenges
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Reach, listen to, engage and mobilize local employees.
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Activities
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Organized online and onsite events with high turnout.
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Invited local and international speakers to discuss DE&I topics.
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Conducted employee focus group interviews to understand Hungary-specific challenges and inform strategy building.
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Communicated regularly in internal email newsletter and intranet.
Achievements
Managed to raise awareness, educate and sensitize colleagues about the significance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the workplace and beyond.
Co-Head and Founding Member of
the Budapest Pride Chapter
2019-2021
MSCI Inc.​
Budapest, Hungary / Global
4 team members
Mission
Establish and promote the local organization, representation and allyship for LGBTQ+ community at MSCI in Budapest. ​
Challenges
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No local experience with engaging local employee base.
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Lack of understanding of Hungary-specific LGBTQ+ related challenges.
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No strategy/structure to address the topics locally.
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Coping Tactics
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Engaged and collaborated with Hungary's biggest non-profit organization (We Are Open) to understand best practices for local corporations.
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Identified the key challenges and formulated the goals.
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Created a 4-pillar long-term strategy and a short-term tactical plan.
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Advocated for global corporate support.
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Established a local team of 6 individuals for running point on LGBTQ+ activities.
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Oversaw and supervised the execution of the strategy.
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Generated outstanding global engagement within 6 months.
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Achievements
Created a safer space for local LGBTQ+ employees at the workplace, by realizing the importance of creating a strategy to address country-specific challenges within a standardized, multinational environment.
Regional Co-Head of
the Women's Leadership Forum
2018 - 2021​
MSCI Inc.
Budapest, Hungary
2 team members
Mission
Create awareness for leadership development for women by providing tools to enhance leadership skills.
Activities​
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Oversaw all regional activities, budgets and communications.
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Coordinated the International Women's Day celebrations in all regional offices.
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Organized a successful virtual regional networking event across functions and hierarchy levels during the corona pandemic.
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Achievements​
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Increased regional awareness and engagement.
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Strengthened the sense of belonging to a community.
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Enabled women to become stronger leaders by growing their professional networks and better managing their careers.
Chapter Head of the Women's Leadership Forum for Hungary
2017 - 2020
MSCI Inc.
Budapest, Hungary
2 team members
Mission
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Promote and activate the global Forum's mission and goals.
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Support women who lack leadership ambition, to become more effective at their work too.
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​Activities
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Brought inspiring outside speakers, like Borbála Czakó, President of the Hungarian Business Leaders forum and former Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom.
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Organized motivational training by Imre Bolya, Charisma Coach.
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Held a book discussion on positive thinking.
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Promoted networking events for female colleagues like Ted Women.
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Organized movie nights with entertaining content to raise awareness.
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Achievements
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Increased the exposure of female colleagues to MSCI leaders, clients and to each other.
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Built a community by highlighting common challenges at the workplace.
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Managed to engage male colleagues under the aegis of equality.