Meet Evelyn Chua-Ng, The Woman Leading P&G’s Equality and Inclusion in the Workplace
Shifting a company’s gender ratio to be more balanced, and enabling
capable women to assume leadership positions, are two of the most relevant
imperatives in modern workplaces. To both ends, Procter & Gamble has made
great strides, breaking out of traditional workplace cultures that tend to
inhibit an employee’s full potential.
P&G Philippines shares how it has 50-50 gender balance in
all management levels, proving that in P&G, a successful career path is
possible for anyone.
The multinational consumer goods corporation is committed to
doing even more, shares its Equality and Inclusion (E&I) Corporate Sponsor,
Evelyn Chua-Ng. A P&G veteran for 20
years, Chua-Ng started in the Philippines in 2001, and assumed international
roles across 3 countries in Asia. One
such role was Finance Manager for P&G Greater China’s Baby Care, Oral Care,
Skincare & Cosmetics sector. She has gone on to be Chief Financial Officer
for P&G Philippines, after which
in 2016, she became Vice President of
P&G Asia Pacific Tax Operations and Comptroller for the expansive Asia,
Middle East, Africa region in 2019. She is the highest-ranking Filipino woman
in P&G Philippines. She concurrently leads P&G Philippines’
Equality & Inclusion council, the team tasked
to nurture an equal and inclusive workplace for employees where performance,
skills, and talent are the basis for advancement — not gender or sexual
orientation.
“I’m privileged to work in a company where senior leaders truly
live and breathe an inclusive culture. This is a big enabler as it levels the
playing field for everyone. Working with the P&G local office and other
regional headquarters throughout my career, I never felt like I was not
listened to or my ideas were dismissed because of my gender,” said Chua-Ng. She
also mentioned how important it is that her husband has been a big supporter of
her career goals and an involved father to their four girls.
Early on in her career at P&G, she realized that her biggest
personal challenges are often self-imposed, allowing cultural and social
expectations on women and mothers to get the best of her. Thankfully, the
strong P&G equality and inclusion initiatives helped her understand and
overcome these unconscious biases and self-limiting beliefs. As an example, Chua-Ng was a vocal senior
leader advocate for providing well-appointed breastfeeding rooms in their
offices to enable P&G mothers to fulfill their parenting duties easily even
while at work.
As the E&I Sponsor, Chua-Ng’s vision is to drive and
maintain a strong culture of inclusion in P&G Philippines, where everybody
can bring their full selves to work every day. She plans on being a strong
mentor and advocate for deserving individuals,
citing how strong male and female senior leaders mentored and inspired
her to courageously step out of her comfort zone and challenge biases.
The company’s E&I efforts are expansive, covering areas such
as company policies, programs and practices. This year, P&G launched its Share the Care
policy, which expands its paid parental leave policy to a minimum standard of 8
weeks for all P&G parents, not just birthing mothers. This goes beyond the
government-mandated 7 paternity leave days, and gives dads an extra seven weeks
to share in caregiving of new children.
“P&G has a role to play as thought-leaders in this space.
Equality and inclusion is not a new initiative or buzzword in P&G because
this has been an integral business strategy of ours for many years. Recently,
we have seen the power of leveraging the reach of our brands as a force for
good in sparking conversations that tackle bias in society,” added Chua-Ng.
Chua-Ng encourages more companies to champion equality and
inclusion as a business and organization strategy. Research has shown that diverse and inclusive
organizations deliver stronger business results. The diversity of thought
sparks better problem-solving, engagement, creativity, innovation and financial
performance. Ultimately, companies create stronger shareholder value by embracing
equitable and inclusive practices.
To learn more about P&G’s Equality and Inclusion, visit: https://us.pg.com/equality-and-inclusion/
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