Stellantis’ Maria Uvarova is to focus on the significance of range, fairness, and inclusion within the business on the subsequent Girls Automotive Community international digital meetup in celebration of Worldwide Girls’s Day.
Uvarova, a senior vp of software program product administration at Stellantis will ship a keynote speech titled: ‘Constructing resilience & getting snug with being uncomfortable.’
She is going to make clear the crucial want for DEI initiatives throughout the automotive sector and the advantages they’ll deliver, not simply to corporations, however to prospects and finish customers too.
Drawing from her intensive expertise within the business, Uvarova will tackle the historic oversight of girls and different underrepresented teams in each employment and buyer demographics.
“For years, girls and different range teams have been ignored, not solely as workers however as prospects within the automotive business,” stated Uvarova. “Even check dummies have been all modelled on white, younger males.
“Now we see that our prospects are very various and totally different, and we have to guarantee that management teams in automotive are various as properly – solely then can we adequately reply to ongoing transformation.”
Uvarova’s session will present invaluable insights into the significance of cultivating various management groups to fulfill the evolving wants of in the present day’s various buyer base and navigate the business’s ongoing transformation.
The Girls Automotive Community Meetup: Worldwide Girls’s Day Celebration will happen on March 8 at 12 midday.
The occasion will characteristic a lineup of inspiring audio system, informative panel discussions, and interactive workshops targeted on selling unity, inclusion, and empowerment throughout the automotive business.
2024 audio system embody:
Diana Niu, VP Group Individuals & Tradition, Volvo Group
Friederike Kienitz, SVP Sustainability, Nissan Motor Company
Maxine Hartley, DE&I Taskforce Chair, SMMT
Olena Rykhlivska, CIO Small Markets Asia, Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG
Tanja Kirsch, Head of IT Infrastructure, Daimler Truck
To register to attend, and to view the complete agenda, please go to right here.
For these primarily based within the UK, be a part of the pre-event cocktail reception on March 7, co-hosted with Automechanika UK in Birmingham. Discover out extra right here.
