Sonia Almeida Soares is Head of I&D, Employer Branding and HR Communications at Volvo Group in India.  

With over 16 years of rich and extensive experience and having worked across various HR roles and verticals in a diverse set of esteemed companies such as Honeywell Technology Solutions, Praxair Inc (Linde Group) and now with Volvo Group.  

She is a strategic, innovative and action oriented I&D leader with demonstrated accomplishments and is instrumental in leading pioneering initiatives that resulted in a diverse and inclusive culture. Her areas of specialties include Inclusion & Diversity, Leadership Development, Culture Transformation, Change Management, Employee Engagement, Talent Management, Performance Management, Employer Branding, HR Innovations thereby successfully improving performances in all the organizations that she has been associated with. 

Sonia believes that companies need to move on with the changing times with improvised ways of working by retaining the human connections and emotions. She values integrity, attention to details, collaboration, passion & commitment and winning together. 

In order to contribute beyond org boundaries, she is a mentor to women in different stages of their career, active in various Industry Associations like CII – IWN, WIT and India Diversity Forum.