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Episode 23 – Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE, FRSA: Interconnecting Diversity, Equity and Leadership: Leading Transformational Change with Purpose
In this episode Steven PAUL, CDir FIoD has the honour of having an exciting guest and leader Dr. Bījna Kotak Dasani. Dr. Bijna is a business and professional leader, with experience and knowledge across sectors in business and technology domains, and also brings a wealth of experience in emerging and established companies globally. She holds several executive and board roles globally, and is a leading force in transformational change, diversity and increasing the ratio of women in technology and business.
Dr. Bījna Kotak Dasani is an appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2020) by Her Majesty, The Queen for her services to Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Services.
Steven explores Dr. Bijna’s journey and how she is
✅ influencing transformational change on a multi-dimensional level by linking diversity, equity and leadership
✅ building and enabling leadership throughout the business and societal ecosystem and breaking down barriers
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Dr. Bijna is featured and recognised globally in over 95 instances of publications, books, awards and media. A few highlights include: Yahoo Finance and Involve People as #28 of the Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives #EMPower list (2022), Global Icon Awards 2022 by World Association of Small & Medium Enterprises; she has received several awards globally by private and government institutions and named Britain’s Rising Star, UK Women of Inspiration awards (2019), #29 in the World’s Top 100 Women Execs by Yahoo and HERoes (2019), and many more.
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Name: Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE, FRSA
Title: Executive Director and Advisory Board Member
Organisation: Morgan Stanley, De Montfort University, Generation Success, Cajigo, FinTech Connect, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and more.
Bio : – Dr. Bijna is featured in publications including following books: The Seamless Middle East e-book (2022), CIO NET’s Digital Transformation Cookbook (2022), Aspire To (2021), The Ultimate Professional Networker’s Guidebook Volume 1 (2019) and Women Kind: Unlocking the power of women supporting women (2018).
She has been recognised by Yahoo Finance and Involve People as #28 of the Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives #EMPower list (2022) across all industries and sectors globally; awarded title of Pride of India by NRI World across 100+ countries (2022), Advocate of the Year for Diversity and Inclusion (2021) by Morgan Stanley and Digital Leader of the Year (2021) by Seamless Middle East and Terrapin under the patronage of HH Sheikh Saif Bin Zayad Al Nahyan; In 2021, Dr. Bijna was named #40 of the Top 100 Women Executives (2021) and as one of the Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives (2021) across all industries and sectors globally.
Dr. Bijna is an appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2020) by Her Majesty, The Queen for her services to Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Services.
Dr. Bijna was named Britain’s Rising Star, UK Women of Inspiration awards (2019), #29 in the World’s Top 100 Women Execs by Yahoo and HERoes (2019), one of Top 50 Women to Watch (2019) by Cranfield University, #EMRoleModels19 Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executives (2019), Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist (2019-18), one of the #TechWomen100 (2019), as ‘Business Role Model of the Year’ by the Women in IT Awards & Amazon (2019), by the Lloyds Banking Group Top 100 BAME Role Models List (2019, 2018) as a ‘Global Champion’ (#60) of the Top 100 Executive #FTHERoes18 by the Financial Times (2018) and awarded an Honorary Doctorate from De Montfort University (2018) for her ‘outstanding services to Business’.
She was honoured at the House of Lords (UK), at the NRI Pride of India World Summit (2017) for ‘Making India Proud’. Dr. Bijna is credited as one of the Top 50 Visionary Young Leaders in Business, by Henley Business School (2017), one of 35 leading British Businesswomen under 35, by Management Today, Accenture and The Telegraph (2015) and has received recognition with 15 further honours including the National Diversity Awards (2012) and the Asian Women of Achievement Awards (2010). Dr. Bijna is also the International Women’s Day Young Achiever of the Year (2006).
Dr. Bijna is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA), and an alumnus of Oriel College, University of Oxford and Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University.
