Sarah Jefferson

CEO

Toulouse, Occitanie, France17 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a $36M global impact initiative.
  • Designed talent initiatives for sustainability.
  • Advised Fortune 500 companies on CSR.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Change across diverse sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Organizational ChangeStrategic PlanningInnovation ResearchData-driven CommunicationClient AdvisoryTalent ManagementImpact PartnershipPhilanthropic Strategy

Other Skills

Data AnalysisBusiness StrategyProgram ManagementOrganizational DevelopmentEmployee EngagementCommunicationLeading Positive ChangeStorytellingClient RelationsCoachingKnowledge ManagementBusiness DevelopmentGrant WritingProject ManagementResearch Skills

About

I ensure organizational change cares for people and the planet. For 15 years, I've designed, led, and advised global impact programs and internal transformation projects, working with C-suite, senior leadership, and middle management. From supporting a global company's market entry into Africa to designing talent initiatives that upskilled employees in sustainability, my work has resulted in new business practices and investment decisions for employees and communities. I have experience with different types of leaders, management styles, and organizations (for-profit, non-profit, hybrid), from 300 to 45,000 employees. ๐Ÿ’  I'm a founding member of Ashoka's corporate engagement unit, where I advised and delivered CSR and social innovation programs to large and medium-sized businesses, including Fortune 500 companies. ๐Ÿ’  I supported the unit's growth from 5 to 15 team members and to 12 corporate clients, strengthening our people systems and building out a portfolio of impact services for CSR, sustainability, and HR departments. ๐Ÿ’  I led Ashoka's largest partner relationship with a leading private pharma company and developed it into a $36M+ multi-year, global impact initiative across 12 markets (still ongoing.) ๐Ÿ’  Working alongside the managing director, I designed operating systems for Ashoka's commercial LLC entity and designed and led a $7M multi-year social business accelerator and venture initiative. ๐Ÿ’  I'm now bringing my transformation experience home to Ashoka, where I partner with our CFO and global leadership team on organizational change initiatives. Expertise spans healthcare, technology, consumer goods, food safety, insurance and non-profit sectors - always with a focus on social innovation!

Experience

17 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
10 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Ashoka

Senior Director, Organizational Change

Jan 2026 โ€“ Present ยท 3 mos ยท Remote

  • Partner to Ashoka's CFO and global leadership team on organizational change projects. Ensuring business intelligence, market research, and human insights (across a networked organization) drive strategic planning and decision-making.
  • Co-lead Ashoka Europe's cross-functional team of senior directors and directors, ensuring common culture and talent management practices.
Data AnalysisBusiness StrategyOrganizational ChangeStrategic Planning

Ashoka changemaker companies

2 roles

Head of Innovation Research & Insights

Jan 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Translated complex data, including a survey across 33 countries, into insights and narratives that built external influence, including research featured in The Wall Street Journal.
  • Designed and executed data-driven communications strategies, including AI-assisted field research and external thought leadership published in Forbes, CEO Magazine, and via LinkedIn.
Business StrategyProgram ManagementInnovation ResearchData-Driven Communication

Director, Client Advisory and People Lead

Jan 2019 โ€“ Dec 2022 ยท 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Founding member of Ashoka's Changemaker Companies program. Led and expanded client work with global companies in healthcare, consumer goods, and food safety. Embedded social impact into talent programs and business strategies.
  • Built out HR and talent systems for Ashoka's growing team: coaching, defining competencies, annual review cycle, staffing, complex people issues.
  • Led strategic mission alignment across Ashoka Europe's country offices and programmic unit, ensuring the process had bottom-up input and co-creation.
Organizational DevelopmentEmployee EngagementClient AdvisoryTalent Management

Ashoka

2 roles

Senior Project Manager

Promoted

Jan 2010 โ€“ Dec 2018 ยท 8 yrs 11 mos

  • Launched Ashoka's largest impact partnership with a leading private pharmaceutical company and expanded it to 12 countries (6 continents). I worked with Board members, C-suite, executives, and middle management to design the company's first global philanthropic strategy and drive buy-in from teams and countries. I built new talent programs to upskill employees in sustainability skills and designed a venture program for social entreprises working in access to health. I led a multi-year business accelerator program with social enterprises and market access teams.
Organizational DevelopmentEmployee EngagementImpact PartnershipPhilanthropic Strategy

Project Manager

May 2008 โ€“ Dec 2010 ยท 2 yrs 7 mos

Communication

Harvard business school

Faculty Assistant

Jan 2008 โ€“ Apr 2008 ยท 3 mos

Amnesty international

Research Assistant

Jul 2007 โ€“ Sep 2007 ยท 2 mos

Education

The University of Edinburgh

LLM โ€” International Law

Jan 2006 โ€“ Jan 2007

Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Certificate in Health Coaching

Jan 2013 โ€“ Jan 2014

Lehigh University

BA โ€” International Relations

Jan 2002 โ€“ Jan 2006

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