Employee spotlight: Kajal Pankhania

Three years ago, Kajal Pankhania wasn’t sure she’d ever return to corporate life.

The Career Break Question

After stepping away to raise her young family, Kaj faced the question every returning professional dreads: how do you get back in?

Living in South Oxfordshire with three children, she’d written off London entirely. The commute seemed impossible. The corporate world felt distant. Then a phone call from a mutual connection mentioned an opportunity at Privalgo.

Walking Through the Door

“I felt very, very nervous,” Kaj recalls. “I’d been out of the corporate world for quite a long time.”

But the moment she walked in, something unexpected happened. Warmth. Welcome. Kindness from everyone she met. She describes it as déjà vu — that rare feeling of belonging somewhere you’ve never been.

What Makes Privalgo Different

Coming to Privalgo made Kaj realise something uncomfortable: how unhappy she’d been at previous companies.

“Here, Privalgo leads with trust. You lead how you want to lead. You be you — be Kaj. I’ve never had that before.”

That trust unlocked something. “They believe I can do it,” she says, “so I’m going to believe I can do it.”

Career and Family: Both

For working parents, the unspoken assumption is that you have to choose. Career or family. Ambition or presence.

Kaj never thought she’d be able to say otherwise. But at Privalgo, she doesn’t have to pick.

“I’m able to do both. I feel massively proud to work for a company that also values my family.”