As one of the few high-profile women of color at Oglivy Shelina plays an active role in pushing the company’s D&I agenda, sitting on the Inclusion boards of both Oglivy and WPP. She has served as a panelist next to the WPP CEO and the WPP UK CEO to discuss anti-racism and allyship in an internal WPP-wide ‘safe room’. As well as chairing key public and internal sessions, such as industry discussions on unconscious bias and women, Shelina has represented Ogilvy at International Women’s Day events. In the past she has hosted a women’s speed mentoring scheme, and today she mentors junior talent herself with a focus on women and women of color. In August 2020 Shelina published a children’s book called ‘The Extraordinary Life of Serena Williams’, serving to highlight strong female role models. In the same year she received Advertising Week’s Future is Female award.
