Vidhya Sampath

Background

About Vidhya Sampath

Experienced professional in strategic stakeholder engagement driver, Marketing, Communications, Public affairs / Corporate affairs, External Relations, Strategic platforms and alliances & campaign management. Award-winning professional. Board member. Certified Yoga Instructor. As Head of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy for Tata Consultancy Services Europe, leads TCS’ engagement with top stakeholders in government institutions, industry bodies, civil society and professional networks, building TCS' reputation and shaping TCS’ contribution as a committed and engaged corporate citizen of Europe. Led several award-winning campaigns & projects around public & policy affairs, stakeholder positioning & engagement. Has a wide range of experience with professional maturity & sensitivity in Strategic Stakeholder & Alliances management, Marketing, Communication, Public Affairs & Policy & hands-on experience as a successful entrepreneur. Active in business associations in Board member capacity. Certified and highly commended Yoga instructor with a regular practice outside of professional service. Professional Honors and Awards across last 10 years: PRCA Public Affairs Awards: Best in-house Public Affairs Award for Stakeholder Engagement Corporate Content Awards: Best Content Campaign to assist with Corporate Positioning; Best Campaign to assist with reputation management EuroPA Awards (Public Affairs): Corporate Campaign of the Year; Best use of social media Corporate Engagement Awards: Best combined Programme; Best Stakeholder Communication (Highly Recommended) Corporate Engagement Awards​: Best Stakeholder Communications ​; Best PR and External Communications B2B Awards: Best Public Relations Campaign IPRA Golden World Award: BUSINESS TO BUSINESS IN-HOUSE Award; TECHNOLOGY – IN-HOUSE’ CATEGORY Award Corporate Engagement Award: ‘BEST STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS’ for the TCS-ThinkYoung Study PRCA Awards: ‘TECHNOLOGY AWARD’ Strengths and qualities: Relationship and reputation management, stakeholder engagement at top level, managing top-level properties (networks, platforms, events, campaigns), creating quality thought leadership content, highly skilled in written and spoken communication and in professional representation/ speaking/ moderation. Highly skilled in network building and relationship management. An energetic and passionate professional with a consistent baseline of giving her best effort to the job at hand. Key motivators are deep curiosity, lifelong keenness to learn and a desire to be a 'net positive contributor’ in all situations.