“To see an opportunity, we must be open to all thoughts.”

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, women in manufacturing have faced an unprecedented set of challenges. From struggling to balance family and professional responsibilities, to dealing with its effects on their physical and mental health, they struggled to deal with the pandemic’s impact.

However, with these challenges, comes room for opportunities. In the New Normal, women have taken on newer roles at workplaces, while getting the opportunity to upskill. Professionally, they have achieved breakthroughs to learn new things and expand their horizons. Furthermore, with organizations increasingly striving to be more flexible to their needs, they now have the chance to explore newer avenues to be better leaders of tomorrow.

With this backdrop, let’s now take a look at the journey of Vanessa Frederic, Office Manager, Data Protection Officer (DPO), ELGi Europe (Belgium), who seized every opportunity that came her way to grow better, be better and #InspireTheFuture.

To the visible eye, a shooting star appears as a fleeting flash of white light. However, the white light is an amalgamation of a wide colour spectrum produced by the hurling object as it heads toward the Earth.