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I joined the MSCI family with the acquisition of The Burgiss Group in 2023. Being selected to establish employee resource groups (ERGs) in our office of over 300 new employees has been a career-changing experience. 

And although the Women’s Leadership Forum aligned most closely with my personal strengths, interests and passions, I have also been closely involved with facilitating our location’s participation with other ERGs. 

In this role, I have met very senior leaders at the firm I would not have met in my day job. One became my mentor. My network has expanded far beyond my office and my country, allowing me to tap into a wealth of knowledge, understanding and experience. It opened doors and facilitated unexpected conversations. 

These connections help me be a stronger advocate for women, particularly my colleagues, boosting my ability to partner with them in nurturing their own professional network within MSCI and beyond. 

I’ve always been passionate about climate and environmental issues. I joined the Climate Action Network (CAN) right after I came to MSCI in 2021. It’s a natural fit for me as a sustainability and climate consultant who helps clients reduce their climate impact.

MSCI is pursuing its own climate goals and a big part of our business is offering climate research, data and tools to investors who want to incorporate climate change into their strategies. CAN fills in the last piece of the loop — informing employees so they can take action at work and in their communities.

I’m active in a community garden near Boston’s Chinatown. CAN volunteers worked at New York’s Billion Oyster Party habitat project. And a CAN chapter in Mexico zeroed in on water stress, holding educational events and games tracking individual water usage.

It’s a global effort. I am now head of the nine CAN chapters in the Americas, but we have chapters all over the world — from Beijing and Budapest to Mumbai and Milan — focused on whatever is key in those regions. 

Joining the Women in Innovation (WIIN) program, part of Women in Tech (WIT), in 2021 opened doors for me to work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams. It also helped boost my confidence with making strategic decisions, as well as in leading from the front.

This year, WIT has highlighted senior women leaders' journeys and insights in our quarterly newsletter. Our members host lectures, roundtables, and knowledge-sharing sessions on topics like data platforms and AI.

As a co-lead for WIT, my goal is to support women at MSCI, amplify voices, broaden perspectives, build skills and play a key role in shaping the future of MSCI.

I first became involved with the All Abilities Network in 2019 after reflecting on our hiring practices and asking myself: What more can we do? The more I researched, the more it became clear to me that it’s often biases that limit people — not disabilities.

People with disabilities are often overlooked. And, with over one billion people worldwide living with some kind of disability, according to the World Health Organization, they constitute a significant talent pool. If we truly want to reflect the world’s diversity in our offerings, we need to be intentional about including people of all abilities.

Through the All Abilities Network, we’ve made meaningful strides. We created a caregivers forum to support employees, collaborated with external experts to improve hiring, and redesigned our Mumbai office, which now serves as a blueprint for accessibility across all MSCI offices.

The network has expanded to the Philippines, Latin America, South Africa and Hungary, incorporating fresh perspectives through local initiatives. By building awareness, we minimize our biases and let talent and merit drive our decisions.