{"id":11668,"date":"2020-06-01T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11668"},"modified":"2021-10-12T12:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:52:51","slug":"sonia-gilchrist","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/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\">\r\n    <div class=\"container container--spaced-lg\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-1by1 img-inline img-offset-left-md\">\r\n                    <picture class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\r\n                        <source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/S-Gilchrist-2-1-1.jpg 768w\">\r\n                        <img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/S-Gilchrist-2-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid img-1-1\">\r\n                    <\/picture>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <p>VCCP is delighted to announce that Sonia Gilchrist has been appointed as the agency\u2019s Head of Diversity &amp; 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.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sonia 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.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sonia\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.<\/p>                    \r\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\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 D&amp;I and, as such, have had a Head of D&amp;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":7,"template":"","categories":[205],"class_list":["post-11668","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-d-and-i"],"acf":{"capability_ids":[],"client_id":"","websites_to_publish":["3","5","7","8"],"author":false,"hero_video":"","hero_image":{"ID":11672,"id":11672,"title":"Sonia website header001","filename":"Sonia-website-header001.jpg","filesize":49674,"url":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/news\/2020\/jun\/sonia-gilchrist\/attachment\/sonia-website-header001-2","alt":"","author":"11","description":"","caption":"","name":"sonia-website-header001-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":11668,"date":"2020-08-20 09:02:10","modified":"2020-08-20 09:02:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-300x113.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":113,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-768x288.jpg","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":240,"large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-1024x384.jpg","large-width":640,"large-height":240,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-1536x576.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":576,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":720,"Header":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-1920x720.jpg","Header-width":1920,"Header-height":720,"Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001.jpg","Wide-width":1920,"Wide-height":720,"Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-1152x720.jpg","Square-width":768,"Square-height":480,"Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-768x720.jpg","Tall-width":307,"Tall-height":288,"Mobile":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-768x720.jpg","Mobile-width":768,"Mobile-height":720,"Facebook":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-1200x630.jpg","Facebook-width":1200,"Facebook-height":630,"Grid-Item-Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-768x720.jpg","Grid-Item-Square-width":768,"Grid-Item-Square-height":720,"Grid-Item-Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-768x384.jpg","Grid-Item-Wide-width":768,"Grid-Item-Wide-height":384,"Grid-Item-Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonia-website-header001-384x720.jpg","Grid-Item-Tall-width":307,"Grid-Item-Tall-height":576}},"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 &amp; Inclusion, to further support Vice Chairman Julian Douglas and VCCP\u2019s on-going initiatives. 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