About the Council

The Global Talent and Diversity Council (GTDC) is a members-driven working group that meets quarterly and seeks to raise visibility of the importance of nurturing Asian talent and diversity in the business community world-wide, acts as a go-to business resource to expose cutting-edge, innovative and applicable best practices and trends that achieve real, measurable outcomes in attracting, retaining and supporting Asian talent across the global business landscape, and advises Asia Society and external stakeholders how they can best leverage their respective roles within the public arena as an advocate for inclusive Asian talent and diversity in the business community. 

The Global Talent Diversity Council supports Asia Society’s annual two-day conference that highlights key thought leadership in the cross-cultural human capital management and diversity realm, awards companies that exemplify strong diversity management practices, and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among Asian professionals and those who work with diverse teams. Learn more about the conference here.

Current Representatives

Umran Beba (Chair)
Partner
August Leadership

Jyoti Chopra
Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity and Sustainability Officer
MGM Resorts International

代丹 Dan Dai
Executive Director, Head of Financial Institutions Department, New York Branch
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

Iliana De Santis
Principal Associate, Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging
Capital One

Latoria (Tori) J. Farmer
Executive Director, Inclusion & Diversity
KPMG

*Apoorva Gandhi
Vice President, Multicultural Affairs and Business Councils
Marriott International

Lucy Harriott
Regional HR Business Partner, Americas
Standard Chartered Bank

Sana A. Manjeshwar, JD, SPHR, COOP
Global Principal Ombuds Manager
Chevron

Eric Mitchell
Assistant Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion
AT&T

Arindam Mukhopadhyay 
Global Head, GBS Strategy & Reengineering
Citi

Ronald Reeves
Head of Diversity and Inclusion – U.S.
AIG

Samantha Santos 
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion – Human Capital Management
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Michelle Sing 
Director of External Relations, North America
McKinsey & Company

Marie Suesse 
Managing Director and U.S Head of Human Resources
Värde Partners

Jason Williams
Senior Vice President, Global Inclusion Strategy, Office of Global Inclusion
ViacomCBS

Linda Zhang 
National Channel Leader – International Corridors
KPMG

Mu Zhang 
Deputy General Manager
China Merchants Bank – New York

Winona Zhao 
Partner, Transaction and Strategy
EY

Advisors

*Subha Barry
Chief Executive Officer
Seramount

*Philip A. Berry
President
Philip Berry Associates LLC

* Indicates Former Co-Chair of the Council