Purnima Sen
Purnima Sen is Chief People & Impact Officer at Sparta Global, with more than twenty years’ experience in digital media and IT consultancy. Joining Sparta Global’s Director team in 2017, Purnima soon after was promoted to the Board. Purnima is a professional driven by purpose beyond profit and is passionate about democratising digital for minority groups. Responsible for managing operations across Sparta Global’s hire-train-deploy (HTD) model, Purnima oversees multiple functions, including; engagement (focussed on community pastoral and professional support), HR, Compliance, and social impact activities. She has also successfully guided Sparta Global through two investment rounds and its successful certification as the only B Corp hire, train, deploy company.
A self-starter from childhood, Purnima started her career an Entrepreneur – building a successful business in India selling ice cubes to local eateries and bars. Purnima would sell and deliver ice from her moped, but quickly expanded to a nearby factory and bought more equipment to sustain her growth. With a BA & MA in Economics already under her belt, she then won a Scholarship to study an MBA in London – selling her business in India to fund her travel to England. During this MBA, Purnima elected to specialise in Finance and Organisational Behaviour, and her hunger for learning and personal development hasn’t slowed since. In 2020, she became an Alumni of Wharton following the completion of an Executive Programme in HR Data Analytics. Most recently in 2023, she has become an Alumni of Cambridge Judge Business School with the completion of an Executive Programme in DEI strategies for Business Impact.
Her passion for DEI has also expanded into being invited to join the Charity, Neurodiversity in Business (NiB), where she now serves as trustee on Board. Purnima further serves on the Board of Governors at Chigwell School and sits on multiple committees within.
A proud Asian woman, mother to three girls and a dog, and two-time finalist for the IOD Director of the Year for ED&I, Purnima now channels her passion for technology and inclusive education into the development of Sparta Global’s social impact ED&I & ESG strategies.