Inclusion
After achieving the highest A-level maths score in East Africa, Jalpa moved to the UK. She earned a first-class degree in maths and became one of the first female hires in her field of consultancy. She rose rapidly – until questioned whether motherhood and career progression could coexist.
That moment set her on the path to becoming an inclusion champion.
Drawn to KPMG by its flexible working practices, she joined the Risk & Regulatory Advisory team in 2017. She was promoted to Senior Manager within a year, during her second pregnancy.
She established the Parenthood Network in 2019 to help break the silence around parental challenges in the workplace. Working alongside existing networks, it’s a catalyst for policy and infrastructure change at KPMG – tackling sensitive issues, like breastfeeding, fertility and miscarriage.
She’s driven policy change to create awareness and support around the challenges that breastfeeding mothers have when returning to work. She’s created safe spaces, championed male allyship for working parents, and embedded Parenthood Champions in the team.
As Co-Chair of talent development programme AccelerateHer, she’s supporting 20 female directors to achieve their career goals and aspirations. And through roundtables with major banks, she’s sharing KPMG’s leading IDE practices.
She’s achieved all this while reaching Partner as a recently divorced, single mother of two, and often being the only woman in the room. Her goal is to make consultancy a better place where young women, like her daughters, can thrive.
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