Gabriela Machado

Gabriela Machado serves as an HR Business Partner at Accenture, where she acts as a strategic advisor to business leaders and supports approximately 230 people in financial services, with a focus on capital markets and insurance. In this role for the past six years, she manages staffing to align skills with aspirations, provides analytics for decision-making, handles employee relations and conflict resolution, supports well-being and benefits, and drives inclusion and diversity initiatives. Prior to joining Accenture, she built her career in the banking industry, holding roles in relationship management, as a manager, and as a senior manager at BNP Paribas for four years and other banks. She holds a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in capital markets. Gabriela created a mentorship program at Accenture in partnership with Upwardly Global, an organization she has supported since 2019, resulting in the hiring of 66 skilled immigrants and refugees and engagement of over 200 mentors. She also volunteers by baking cakes for Icing Smiles to support seriously ill children. She maintains a cake business under the Instagram handle gabbycakes.shop and finds purpose in helping others progress in their careers, emphasizing empathy and human connection as enduring skills.