{"id":8748,"date":"2020-06-01T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/news\/2020\/06\/sonia-gilchrist\/"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:00:40","slug":"sonia-gilchrist","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/news\/2020\/jun\/sonia-gilchrist","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Gilchrist promoted to Head of Diversity &amp; Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-two-column-text-image-top-aligned-Z2monUe wp-block-lazyblock-two-column-text-image-top-aligned\"><section class=\"fullwidth fullwidth--overflow aos-init aos-animate\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n    <div class=\"container container--spaced-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n                <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-1by1 img-inline img-offset-left-md\">\n                                        <picture class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/S-Gilchrist-2-1-1.jpg 768w\">\n                        <img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/S-Gilchrist-2-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid img-1-1\">\n                    <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\n                u003cpu003eVCCP is delighted to announce that Sonia Gilchrist has been appointed as the agency\u2019s Head of Diversity u0026amp; Inclusion, to further support Vice Chairman Julian Douglas and VCCP\u2019s on-going initiatives. She will balance her new role with her current position as Business Director on O2.u003cbr \/u003e\u00a0u003cbr \/u003eSonia has led the inclusion charge at her previous agencies before joining VCCP last September and was recognised as a WACL Future Leader in 2017. She has written for Campaign and The Guardian on BAME diversity and disability inclusion within business. Last year she carried out pro-bono work for the Valuable 500, a charity set up to put disability on the leadership agenda at a global scale.\u00a0u003cbr \/u003e\u00a0u003cbr \/u003eSonia\u2019s new role starts with immediate effect and she will be leading a group of talented and motivated individuals from across the agency. This collective will be tasked with representing everyone in the agency and delivering tangible outcomes that make VCCP a more inclusive company.u003c\/pu003e\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-quote-full-width-Z25yDDP wp-block-lazyblock-quote-full-width\">  <section class=\"fullwidth fullwidth--top-lg text-center\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n      <blockquote class=\"blockquote\">\n        It&#8217;s amazing to be part of an agency who truly champion Du0026amp;I and, as such, have had a Head of Du0026amp;I in place for the past few years. I&#8217;m delighted to have been appointed into this role and excited to continue the brilliant work the agency already does. \n        <cite>Sonia Gilchrist<\/cite>      <\/blockquote>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"template":"","categories":[191],"class_list":["post-8748","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-agency-news"],"acf":{"author":null,"capability_ids":null,"client_id":null,"hero_video":null,"hero_image":"11672","meta-title":"VCCP Promotes Sonia Gilchrist to Head of Diversity and Inclusion","meta-description":"VCCP is delighted to announce that Sonia Gilchrist has been appointed as the agency\u2019s Head of Diversity & Inclusion, to further support Vice Chairman Julian Douglas and VCCP\u2019s on-going initiatives. She will balance her new role with her current position as Business Director on O2.","social-media-image":null,"news_id":"191","related_content_title":"YOU MAY ALSO LIKE","relateditems":[""],"hide_related_items":null,"visible_on_home_page":"","websites_to_publish":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/singapore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}