Deriv CHRO Seema Hallon Don Receive Women of Substance Leadership Award 2026

• Seema Hallon, Chief Human Resources Officer for Deriv, don receive di Women of Substance Award for Managerial Excellence for di Women of Substance Conference & Awards 2026
• Di award recognise her leadership for shaping workplaces wey put pipo first, include everybody, and ready for di future
• Women make up 47% of Deriv total workforce, and 25% of Deriv AI engineering hires wey dem don confirm from campus partners since January 2025 ‍

Dubai, UAE, 28 September 2026: Deriv, one of di biggest online trading platforms for di world, dey congratulate Seema Hallon, dia Chief Human Resources Officer, as dem give her di Women of Substance Award for Managerial Excellence for di Women of Substance Conference & Awards 2026. WILL (Women Inspiring Leadership & Legacy), wey be initiative of di Zarks Media ecosystem, organise di event, and dem hold am on 9 September 2026 for BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. Dis recognition show her contribution to di Human Resources field and her leadership for shaping workplaces wey put pipo first, include everybody, and ready for di future. Seema also give talk wey dem title “Staying Valuable in Uncertain Times” for di event, as she share her own experience of continuous learning and how she dey question long-held assumptions about work, confidence and leadership. ‍

Dis leadership award dey come at a time wen wider gap still dey for di industry. According to World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2024, women make up 28.2% of di global STEM workforce and dem hold only 12.2% of STEM C-suite roles, even as di percentage of women wey get AI engineering skills don rise reach 29.4%. Across di business as a whole, women make up 47% of Deriv workforce. For campus intake of AI engineering hires, women don make up 25% since January 2025, wey broadly dey in line wit dat global STEM figure, and Seema don tok say na number wey di company plan to continue to push higher. ‍

Seema Hallon, Chief Human Resources Officer for Deriv, dey receive di Women of Substance Award for Managerial Excellence for di Women of Substance Conference & Awards 2026 wey dem hold for BITS Pilani Dubai Campus.

Seema dey lead talent strategy for more than 900 Derivians across 19 locations. Dis role don put her for di centre of di company effort to build AI literacy for every level, no be only inside engineering. Under her leadership, Deriv don hire 64 AI engineers from UAE and India campuses since January 2025, and one-quarter of dem na women. Dis don make di total number of members for dia AI engineering team reach 152.

For her talk, Seema help pipo see di fear wey many pipo get about AI for di workplace for anoda way.

“To remain valuable for uncertain times, person need pass just to follow change — person need di willingness to continue to change, continue to learn, and question long-held assumptions about work, confidence and leadership. Instead of to fear wetin technology fit take away, I prefer to remain curious and engage wit wetin dey change,” she tok.

Di talk don go beyond technology come talk about resilience: how person fit find im centre wen circumstances no dey certain, how person no suppose wait until dem get perfect confidence before dem move forward, and how growth no dey stop because person don gather experience.

“For Deriv, transformation no be only about adopting new technology. E also na about pipo wey get di courage to rethink how dem work, learn, and lead. Every process wey we don rebuild come from di trust wey we get for each oda, enough to change how we dey work together.

Dis award na recognition for something wey big pass one role or one company. E belong to Deriv as organization wey dey nurture di spirit of curiosity and resilience, and I dey accept am for Deriv behalf, wit gratitude.”

— Seema Hallon, Chief Human Resources Officer, Deriv