Name: Succession Planning: Building Diverse Teams (APAC)
Start: 2025-04-24T07:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-24T08:00:00+01:00

APAC, EMEA

Community

If your succession plan only focuses on who’s next in line, you’re already behind.

Succession planning is about building a leadership pipeline that is diverse, high-performing, and ready for the future. But too often, large organizations fall into the same traps – overlooking untapped talent, reinforcing the status quo and failing to plan beyond immediate needs.

This interactive peer discussion is an opportunity for WeQual Executives to come together, share experiences and explore what’s really working when it comes to embedding diversity into succession planning.

Karen Watt, WeQual’s Client Services Lead, will facilitate the conversation, guiding breakout discussions where members can exchange insights and challenge their thinking.

Expect frank discussions, breakout sessions with your peers and practical takeaways you can implement immediately.

Why you need to be in the room:

The biggest succession planning mistakes – and how to avoid them

How to identify and develop high-potential talent outside the usual candidates

Real talk on what’s holding companies back from building genuinely diverse leadership pipelines

Actionable insights from senior leaders who are tackling this right now

RSVP to your invitation and be part of the conversation that’s shaping the future of leadership.

Karen Watt

WeQual

Client Services Lead

Karen Watt has worked in the global talent development profession for over two decades – covering key areas including executive recruitment, succession planning, coaching and learning & development, all within the Leadership arena.

Most recently, Karen was in-house at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), where she was part of the Global Leadership Talent Acquisition team recruiting senior leadership roles globally across all corporate functions ,including technology. 

Previously Karen has worked for both the United Nations (APAC) supporting WFP with increasing women hiring.  Karen was also with Microsoft, where over six years, she held roles within the Global Executive Talent Acquisition team and then after working on a bespoke program to increase the hiring of senior women globally, Karen moved into the Global Diversity & Inclusion team. Karen led the GD&I initiatives for Western Europe, the UK and Germany , including  D&I programs, projects and initiatives across the broader DE&I dimensions of not only gender but ethnicity, disability, and LGBTQI+, amongst others.  

Karen is a qualified personal development Coach (ICF), NLP practitioner and a certified personality insights assessor (DISC) and Hogan Assessment, as well as holding a BA Hons degree.