Aurelia Takacs

Aurelia Takacs is the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lead for Global CX Centers at Cisco Systems. Based out of Belgium, she leads the global strategy, initiatives and action plan around DE&I for an organization that delivers the full portfolio of Cisco support, professional, and managed services, consisting of +8,500 employees around the world. The focus is on attracting, retaining, growing and engaging diverse talent, as well as overall culture, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), and employee engagement in the teams across all regions (Americas, EMEA and APJC).

Aurelia brings to this role her extensive experience in people management & development in roles leading global, diverse teams, and leveraging her strategic planning, communications, project managements and stakeholder management skills.

Aurelia joined Cisco in 2010, after 8 years with MasterCard, where she led Customer Operations Services teams in EMEA, India & Singapore.
She holds a Masters of Science in Management from Boston University, and a BSBA in International Business & International Relations from St. Louis University.
Born in the United States from immigrant parents from Europe, Aurelia has spent the last 18 years in Belgium and enjoys travelling, Crossfit, photography and spending time with her partner and two children.