Sudesh Thevasenabathy
Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Asia
Manulife

Sudesh Thevasenabathy brings with over 20 years of experience specialising in customer experience, process efficiencies and change management across multiple industries in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Shifting his career towards his passion for inclusion, he is currently Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Asia at Manulife Financial based in Hong Kong responsible for driving the DEI agenda across the region for employees and minority communities. Sudesh was the founding member of the AXA Hong Kong Diversity & Inclusion Council, and won the 2019 LGBT+ Hong Kong Ally Award by Community Business and was named 2019 Global Top 50 LGBT+ OUTstanding Role Model (Involve.org) through his work for the LGBT+ community. He's also Vice Council Chair of the Jockey Club Sarah Roe School for Special Needs Children in Hong Kong, Advisory Council member of SENsational Foundation and an LGBT+ Mentor for Community Business’s Mentorship Programme. Sudesh is a true believer and advocate of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and with customers, and actively works and speaks in supporting inclusion of all forms be it disability, race, gender, sexuality and multi-generational employees.