Adriana Bianca
Brasil
What does “Diversity” mean to you?
Diversity means enriching the company with a variety of cultures, talents, ideas, optimizing the sustained and continuous achievement of Henkel business results.
What does “Inclusion” mean to you?
Inclusion means respecting all kinds of differences of people, enabling anyone to join Henkel’s winning culture.
Angela Curley
North America
Markus Dinslacken
Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion, Headquarter
Astrid Bosten
Global Diversity & Inclusion, Headquarter
Benedicte Grossmann
BeNeLux
Csilla Gera
Central Eastern Europe
Diane Humphrey
United Kingdom
Ilaria Cantu
Italy
What’s your name and what’s your profession?
I’m Ilaria, I’m 37 years old, I’ve joined Henkel in 2006 and I’m working in HR since a took my degree. I love sea and sailing and I think D&I is a great mean to improve our business effectiveness!
What does “Diversity” mean to you?
Being diverse means give people the chance to express their full potential, simply being theirselves!
What does “Inclusion” mean to you?
Inclusion means cancel bounderies and biases, make people feel part of the same Henkel world.
Katja Fellenberg
Global Diversity & Inclusion, Headquarter
Lina Morast
Henkel Norden (Finland, Denmark, Norway)
Lourdes Abrisqueta
Spain
What’s your name and what’s your profession?
Lourdes Abrisqueta , 13 years in the company in HR . Recruiting, selecting , training and developing the Henkel Iberica’s employees. Lately member of the equality group in Henkel Iberica in charge of developing the equality plan in the company.
What does “Diversity” mean to you?
For me is a life personal attitude . In our environment favors team enrichement , innovative&different ideas, cooperation, respect and opend mindness.
What does “Inclusion” mean to you?
Is the materialization of a flexible society that accepts any group without judging either gender, age, religion, disabled and promotes equality of this groups when access to full social life.
Marwa Mohamed
Agypt (Levant, Jordan, Iran, Turkey, Israel)
Narjess Ben Amar
Tunesia (Algeria, Tunesia, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa)
What does “Diversity” mean to you?
Diversity represents the difference between people, community, languages, and culture: That’s our strength @ Henkel, with difference we create our sustainable success.
What does “Inclusion” mean to you?
Inclusion is the main way to make our value added visible, we respect difference of each other all the time and where we are.
Xiomara Salavarrieta
Mercosur
Sarah Christiaansen-Carlin
France
Thalia Vouvonikou
Greece
What’s your name and what’s your profession?
My name is Thalia Vouvonikou, HR KAM, Henkel Hellas.
I am working for HR department in Henkel Hellas the last 3, 5 years. I am the responsible HR KAM for U-W Division and Functions. I am also the process owner for Learning, Recruitment & Labor Relations activities.
What does “Diversity” mean to you?
I am very happy to be a part of D&I ambassador’s team since I see “Diversity” as the only approach to drive an efficient organization and achieve continuity on business results.
What does “Inclusion” mean to you?
“Inclusion” means acceptance and tolerance of all different ideas, cultures, and mindsets. Inclusion is the basis for the creation and maintenance of successful teams.
Zhaoxia Xu
Asia Pacific
Read the interview with our new intern, Sonja, 26 years old, who started her internship in our Global Diversity & Inclusion office at Henkel headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany in early April 2012. Sonja, please tell us something about yourself. ... read more
By spring 2013 the third day care center for children is expected to open its doors in Düsseldorf. In cooperation with the city Düsseldorf, Henkel expands its available day care places for children from four months up to school age ... read more
Better opportunities for disabled Henkel employees in Brazil. In 2011 the Business Executive Committee Mercosur unanimously approved an investment to adapt the three Henkel plants in Brazil (Jundiaí, Itapevi and Diadema) for the proper access of people with any kind ... read more
Virginia Rometty is new Chief Executive of IBM. Since 1st of January she took over her new responsibilities and therewith, is the first female CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. This example is a rarity ... read more
At Henkel, Diversity & Inclusion are integral components of our corporate culture, with a particular focus on internationality, age and gender. Flexible working opportunities, specific mentoring programs and a general change from a culture of presence to a more result-oriented culture ... read more
2.25 million people are in need of care in Germany. More than two third of them are being nursed at home, in nine of ten cases by a relative. Approximately half of the 4.6 million people who look after or ... read more
On November 9, 2011 the twelfth Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum took place at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale. It is one of the premier women’s leadership events in the United States and brings together world-caliber leaders and leadership experts with ... read more
This Tuesday, the German Executive Association, ULA, has joined the initiative “Diversity Charter” (Charta der Vielfalt). With signing the Charter, the association wants to anchor the appreciation of diversity among its members at even greater depth. Minister of State and Federal ... read more