Name: How To Get Others To Do What You Want/Need (APAC)
Start: 2025-05-15T02:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-15T04:00:00+01:00

APAC

Talent alone isn’t enough. The most effective leaders know how to influence.

Your ideas, no matter how brilliant, only have power when others listen, act, and champion your vision. So how do you persuade colleagues, stakeholders, or even senior leadership to get behind you—especially when you don’t have direct authority?

Guest speaker:

Priya Deepak, CFO Asia Cluster at Novartis.

Priya is a seasoned CFO and finance leader with over 20 years of experience spearheading strategic planning, M&A, business development, P&L management, cash flow improvement, and risk management within the pharmaceutical sector. She effectively advises stakeholders, influences decision-making, and balances efficiency with innovation.

In this session, Priya will share candid insights and practical strategies from her extensive experience.

You’ll discover:

Real-world examples of how Priya successfully influences strategic decisions across diverse markets.
Effective techniques for building rapport and persuading stakeholders, even in situations without direct authority.
Practical advice for communicating clearly, developing credibility, and driving action during complex and uncertain times.

Take the guesswork out of influence. It’s time to elevate your impact.

Priya Deepak

Novartis

CFO Asia Cluster

Priya Deepak is a seasoned CFO and finance leader with over 20 years of experience driving strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, business development, P&L management, cash flow optimization, and risk management within the pharmaceutical sector.

Throughout her career, Priya has demonstrated exceptional skill in positioning businesses for profitability and sustainable growth. Serving as a strategic bridge between expansion and operational stability, she effectively advises stakeholders, influences critical decision-making, and adeptly balances efficiency with innovation.

Known for her strong leadership, clear communication, and interpersonal abilities, Priya builds rapport across all organizational levels, enabling her to consistently deliver impactful results—even in complex and uncertain environments. Her extensive international experience equips her to successfully navigate diverse markets and lead culturally diverse, high-performing teams.

Priya holds a track record of excellence, combining strategic foresight with hands-on leadership to drive meaningful business outcomes.

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to finance and leadership, Priya was announced Winner of Finance category in the WeQual Awards, Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025. She is also a lifetime member of WeQual Executives.

Emma Hicks

WeQual

VP of Membership & Programs

Emma is an experienced strategic leader, specializing in professional development at C-suite and senior management levels. With a track record for delivering solutions across a broad range of global sectors and industries, Emma brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for continuing professional development.

Emma is a Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning Performance Institute (LPI), holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Association for Talent Development (ATD), and is a former Education Committee member at the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).

Cristina Condoleon

WeQual

Facilitator and Coach

Cristina is an experienced facilitator and coach with over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering effective leadership and team development programs across various industries and geographies.

Cristina is passionate about supporting individuals become a better version of themselves and supporting organisations build stronger leaders, teams and culture to deliver outstanding results whilst ensuring a safe, healthy and inclusive work environment.

Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Cristina held various roles at global companies such as Cochlear and adidas where she led the development and implementation of highly impactful leadership development solutions across the globe.

Outside of work, Cristina loves spending times in the outdoors and staying healthy by playing tennis, walking and swimming. Cristina volunteers at Primary Ethics, an organisation focused on teaching Ethics to primary school children.