Samsung UK Joins Forces With Disney & LinkedIn at Samsung KX To Celebrate And Inspire Women In The Workplace

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Samsung, Disney & LinkedIn collaborated to celebrate women navigating their careers with talks from inspiring female leaders

LONDON, UK – 8^th March, 2024 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., in celebration of International Women’s Day, welcomed colleagues across Samsung, Disney and LinkedIn to Samsung KX for a panel event on ‘navigating your career’ as a woman.

Female leaders Deborah Honig (Chief Customer Officer at Samsung UK), Namrata Murglighar (Global Director Growth Marketing at LinkedIn), Angela Lillis (Senior Analytics Manager at Disney) and Michal Oshman (Bestselling Author and former Head of Culture at TikTok) took to the stage to discuss their career challenges and achievements.

The event at Samsung KX covered a range of topics from career ‘Zigzag’ moments to the importance of networking, providing attendees with tips and tricks on how to expand their skills across their career journey. Its closing Q&A session offered the chance to discuss various challenges that women may experience in the workplace, such as identity & authenticity, navigating career progression through parenthood, and imposter syndrome.

Deborah Honig, Chief Customer Officer at Samsung UK, said: “We believe in gender equality and equal opportunity, and are committed to collaborating across the industry and with our colleagues and partners to drive positive change. Together we can create an environment that supports, champions and empowers the incredible women around us, helping them to really succeed. This year’s International Women’s Day is about how we can invest in women to accelerate progress and we’re extremely proud of our employee resource group, Women@Samsung, for being at the forefront of this conversation. On International Women’s Day and in our day-to-day, let’s all pledge to spend more time helping the women around us realise their personal and professional ambitions.”

Women@Samsung strives to create a more diverse working culture. It aims to attract the best female talent to join Samsung UK, build an inclusive, supportive and engaged community, and support career planning and development for all the women at Samsung.

Happy International Women’s Day to all across the world.

For more information on Samsung’s approaches to welcoming diversity and inclusion visit:  Diversity & Inclusion | Samsung UK.

For more information on Samsung KX visit: Discover New Samsung King’s Cross Space | Samsung UK