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Diversity day at Siemens Pakistan
Diversity Day was celebrated at the head
office in Siemens Pakistan. Out of 100
female employees, a group of 30 plus
engineers, consultants, audit and
commercial officers were invited for the
inaugural session.
Mr. Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui MD and CEO
attended the event to communicate the
importance and seriousness of diversity
at Siemens Pakistan. He showed his
strong commitment towards a diverse
workforce and encouraged female
employees to come forward and be the
brand ambassadors of Siemens Pakistan
as an equal opportunity employer.
Director HR Mr. Amin Bandhani in his
welcome address explained the reasons
behind this diversity initiative and
affirmed his commitment towards
diversity management in its true spirit.
Ms. Wajiha Alam Siddiqi of HR explained
the whole concept behind this diversity
campaign and assured that this day is
just the launching day of an ongoing
diversity management drive which shall
address concerns of female employees
through collaboration of different modes
Diversity day at Siemens Pakistan in which the
Managing Director and CEO MR. Sohail Wajahat
Siddiqui took personal interest was highly
appreciated by the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)
of Siemens AG. In a letter to the management
she wrote
""Dear Sohail, Amin
Thank you so much for taking the lead to drive diversity in
Pakistan. Within the global diversity initiative, we are driving
diversity to be a business imperative that must be championed
by the CEO of each unit personally, so that everyone understands
that it is all about leveraging on the diversity of our
workforce to drive our business. We want to promote greater
diversity in terms of gender, nationalities, backgrounds, mix of
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of thinking. The aim of this day was to
launch a platform to celebrate and
encourage diversity at Siemens Pakistan.
The diversity goal: “Sustainable Success
through diversity” was also unveiled via a
poster. Distinguished guest speakers
were also invited including Ms. Karen
Allawala, CEO Gulfstone Training & Ms.
Sumaira Qamar, project coordinator
Women Employment Concerns and
Working Conditions in Pakistan (WEC-PK)
[Employers’ Federation of Pakistan /
International Labour Organization] to
mark the launching ceremony of this
diversity management initiative at
Siemens Pakistan. The audience asked
several questions from Ms. Allawala
regarding work life balance and tips on
how to be a successful women executive.
Several presentations on topics such as
women at key positions, Women
changing the global corporate scene,
gender diversity and equal opportunities
at Siemens Pakistan kept the audience
captivated as these presentations were
given by Siemens Pakistan women
managers namely Ms. Sadia Kazmi, Ms.
Salma Kamal and Ms. Shaista Sualeh
respectively.
Ms. Salma explained gender diversity in
context with women changing the global
corporate scene and focus on work and
home life balance. Ms. Sadia explained in
detail the choices, chances and
challenges that women in Pakistan face
in this century while Ms. Shaista inspired
the audience with her own story as an
example to prove gender diversity and
equal opportunity at Siemens.
In the closing remarks GM HR Mr. M.N
Arslan thanked the MD & CEO Mr. Sohail
Wajahat Siddiqui for taking time out of
his busy schedule to help the Human
Resources Department in their diversity
management drive. He also thanked the
guest speakers for their wonderful
thoughts and presentation and gave
away shields to them as a memoir of
their participation.
At Siemens internationally 430,000
employees represent 140 nationalities.
Diversity management initiatives like
these will boost the confidence and
morale of our diverse workforce and help
us make diversity our competitive edge!
experience, expertise, etc. on all organizational levels, as this
helps us to be more innovative and competitive. Recently, I
was delighted to hear from one new colleague in CF A Germany
who joined us from PWC, that she chose Siemens also because
she came to know of our diversity drive.
It's great to see you all walking the talk to create awareness
and involvement of your staff in driving diversity
Best regards
Jill
Siemens AG
Corporate Development
Corporate Executive Development
CD E CDO
Wittelsbacherplatz 2 80333 München, Deutschland
MD Congratulates Diversity Ambassadors
The Managing Director Mr. Sohail
Wajahat Siddiqui in a letter to the
newly appointed diversity ambassadors
sent the following message
“Congratulations on your appointment
as Diversity Ambassadors for
Diversity Ambassadors for Siemens Pakistan
Wajiha Alam Siddiqi
Ms. Wajiha Alam Siddiqui recently
appointed as
Diversity Ambassador
for Siemens
Pakistan joined the
company in August
2008. She has
completed her MBA
in Human Resource
Management from
Middlesex University
(UK) and B.A (Hons.) in Fashion Management
from London College of Fashion
(UK).
Wajiha has diversified professional
experience of media, fashion, and
human resources having worked in local
and foreign markets. She has also taught
and delivered lectures at various levels.
Wajiha started her professional career in
2004 as a fashion consultant and carried
Salma Kamal
Ms. Salma Kamal is Manager, Business
Development in our
Industry Sector. Ms.
Salma Kamal has a
Masters in Electrical
Engineering from
the NED University
and joined the
company in 2004 as
trainee engineer. In
a short span of a few years she has
proven her mettle and has become the
youngest woman manager of Siemens
Pakistan.
Ms. Salma has also represented the
company at various international
Siemens Pakistan. This places huge
responsibility on your shoulders to
drive the diversity initiative in the
company so that we can stand out
as a company that has a truly
diverse culture based on merit and
no other consideration of gender,
out a consultancy project at the Fat Face,
a UK based Leisure and Sports wear
fashion company, where her core task
included identification and segmentation
of markets for potential customers. In
2005 Wajiha decided to penetrate the
entertainment industry with her association
with the prestigious national
television network the PTV Prime in their
office in UK as Marketing & Advertising
Coordinator.
In the years to follow, she got more
involved in the circle of academia in UK
and delivered a series of lectures on
media, fashion, and human resources as
lecturer at the London Premier College
from June 2006 to August 2007. In
October 2007, Wajiha decided to focus
completely on a full-time career in
human resources. She started her career
as a HR consultant at Parasol Recruitment
Limited and obtained valuable
conventions and conferences including
Business Conference of Industrial
Services, at Lisbon, Portugal (November
2007) and in Business Strategy and
Portfolio workshop of On- Call Logistics
and Maintenance Business Unit at
Mumbai, India (March 2008).
Ms. Salma takes keen interests in
academics as well and is committed to
transferring her knowledge and expertise
to the graduating engineers of the
country and serves as Associate
Professor/ External Examiner for Under
Graduate Engineering Examinations.
She has successfully implemented
various projects by overseeing the
cast, color, race or language. I wish
you every success with your
endeavors and assure you that the
management is committed to the
concept of diversity”
expertise in human resource budgeting
and man power planning.
In 2008 she returned to Pakistan and
joined Siemens Pakistan in August of the
same year. Wajiha is designated as
Human Resource Officer and is currently
managing the portfolio of key accounts
officer of Energy Sector. Wajiha also
coordinates on administrative matters of
employees regarding payroll, compensation
& benefits related issue, ERF
management, deputation, training &
development and web based training
activities.
Considering her varied experience and
her exposure to diverse cultures she was
nominated as Diversity Coordinator and
recently has been nominated as Diversity
Ambassador for Siemens Pakistan.
successful completion of on-site controlling
and monitoring of DHA
Co-generation Power Project, the first
project of its essence in Pakistan,
inaugurated by former President in
February 2008.
She has also played a key role in the
successful completion of design,
engineering, installation, testing and
commissioning of various cement plants
automation, control and up-gradation
projects using Programmable Logic
Controller (PLC) as the main communication
hub. Ms. Salma is also a member of
Pakistan Engineering Council.
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