Sonia Gupta

Sonia Gupta is a visionary leader in talent, leadership, and culture transformation, with extensive experience driving large-scale change across FTSE 100 companies and global organizations. Passionate about the future of leadership, she specializes in enabling businesses to build inclusive, agile, and high-performing cultures that unlock the full potential of their people.

With a career spanning Save the Children, Diageo, BP, HSBC, and Coca-Cola, Sonia has led transformational programs that have reshaped leadership capabilities, embedded purpose-driven cultures, and redefined talent strategies for the future. As Global Director of Talent and Learning at Save the Children, she spearheaded a leadership and culture shift across 18,000 employees, aligning leadership behaviors with the evolving demands of the sector. At Diageo, she designed award-winning leadership development programs that increased engagement, accelerated talent pipelines, and strengthened organizational resilience in a rapidly changing business landscape.

A thought leader in leadership innovation, Sonia brings a data-driven, commercially astute, and human-centered approach to future-focused leadership development. She has deep expertise in behavioral experimentation, psychological safety, and digital learning transformation, helping organizations adapt to new ways of working, embrace inclusion, and build leaders who thrive in uncertainty.

An accredited executive and team coach and expert in psychometric tools, Sonia is a passionate advocate for mentoring, neurodiversity, and future-ready leadership. She regularly advises boards and senior leaders on reimagining leadership for a fast-changing world—ensuring businesses remain adaptive, purpose-led, and people-centric.