The Genpact Center for Women’s Leadership (GCWL), launched in March 2015 by Genpact Limited in partnership with Ashoka University, has appointed Meena Wilson as its executive director.
Genpact said GCWL is the first-of-its-kind industry-academia partnership and a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort to drive gender-inclusive growth with a vision to create a balanced distribution of income, resources and decision making powers across sectors.
Meena Wilson joined GCWL as the executive director this month. She holds a Ph.D. in adult and organizational development from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is the author of several book chapters and the book Developing Tomorrows’ Leaders Today: Insights from Corporate India.
She has served as Senior Enterprise Associate for the Center for Creative Leadership in Singapore and in India. A dedicated and versatile professional, Meena is a 23-year veteran of CCL where her work focused on women’s career advancement and helping organizations to use workplace experiences to strengthen their talent pipeline.
GCWL focuses on carrying out research, establishing thought leadership and conducting proactive advocacy to help create contemporary laws and policies that promote equality and women’s leadership.