Emilar Gandhi is the Global Head of Stakeholder Engagement - Inclusivity in Policy Development at Meta. In this role, she strengthens Meta's strategies on inclusion by building expert networks, exploring innovative approaches and strengthening the Stakeholder Engagement team's technical capabilities in this area. Emilar also leads the company's global external stakeholder engagements pillar on hate speech, bullying and harassment. Previously, Emilar served as the company's Head of Public Policy, where she managed relations with governments, civil society, and other policy influencers and shaped Facebook's policy agenda across sixteen countries in the southern African region. Before joining Facebook in 2016, Emilar spent over a decade holding senior policy roles with Civil Society Organisations at the intersection of human rights, technology, and internet governance. She is active in global policy areas and previously served as Advisory Board Co-Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition - a group of countries committed to protecting and promoting online freedoms. Emilar holds postgraduate qualifications in Governance and Political Transformation.