Based in Hong Kong, Alisha Fernando is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion for APAC. She is responsible for driving Bloomberg’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy across the Asia Pacific region with a strong focus on implementation of programs and initiatives supporting Bloomberg’s enterprise wide D&I goals and the regional priorities, which has won them an award from Human Resources Online for Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion in 2020.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Ms Fernando led the D&I strategy, programs and initiatives at the University of Melbourne. She previously spent most of her career at the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), where she served as the firm’s Inclusion Program Manager.

Under her leadership, ANZ won the 2017 Business Inclusion award from the Migration Council of Australia for the expanded refugee work placement program. She was also a recipient of a full scholarship to the Victorian Government of Australia’s 2018 Joan Kirner Young and Emerging Women's Leadership Program.