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Summit Agenda

Here’s a view of the 2024 Annual Summit agenda

Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Registration - Light Breakfast
8:30 - 9:15
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Welcome Remarks
9:30 - 9:45
  • TAYLAN TURAN, CEO, Retail Banking, HSBC
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Welcome from the Financial Alliance for Women
9:45 - 9:50
  • INEZ MURRAY, CEO, Financial Alliance For Women
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Fireside Chat: Scaling a Global Business - Lessons from an Entrepreneur
9:50 - 10:20
  • ERIN PLATTS, CEO and Head of EMEA, HSBC Innovation Banking
  • MARTINA KING, CEO, Featurespace, UK
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Panel I: Creating Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive Organizations
10:20 - 11:10
  • INEZ MURRAY (M), CEO, Financial Alliance For Women
  • AISHAH N. AHMAD, CFA, Former Central Bank Deputy Governor & Financial Sector Expert, Nigeria
  • ANN CAIRNS, Chair, Crown Agents Bank and TMF Group, UK
  • NADIA AL SAEED, CEO, Bank al Etihad, Jordan
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Morning Coffee and Networking
11:10 - 11:40
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Panel II: Angels and Women of Wealth Strategy
11:40 - 12:30
  • JENNY TOOTH OBE (M), Chief Executive, UK Business Angels Assocation
  • DEEPALI NANGIA, Partner, SpeedInvest, UK
  • MARLA SHAPIRO, Founder, HERmesa Angel Syndicate, UK
  • MICHELLE OWEN, Global Head of Distribution, HSBC
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Lunch and Structured Networking
12:30 - 14:05
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Panel III: Innovations in Debt Finance
14:05 - 14:55
  • ANDREW MCCARTNEY (M), Senior Financial Sector Economist, ADB, Philippines
  • MICHELLE MIRANDA, Business Segment Specialist and Women’s Program Leader, Banco Nacional, Costa Rica
  • RACHAEL MCKENZIE, Executive Manager, Life Operations & Customer Experience, Westpac, Australia
  • TOHAMA NABULSI, Director of PR and External Communications, Microfund for Women, Jordan
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Panel IV: Venture Capital for Female Founders
15:00 - 15:50
  • ISSY GORDON (M), Investor, Hambro Perks, UK
  • HELEN MURPHY, CEO and Co-Founder, Opply, UK
  • HEPHZI PEMBERTON, Founder & CEO, Honordex, UK
  • NINA MOHANTY, Founder and CEO, Bloom Money, UK
  • TRIIN LINAMAGI, Co-Founder and CEO, Sie Ventures, UK
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
PARALLEL to Panel IV: Supporting WSMEs to Trade Internationally
15:00 - 15:50
  • FLORENCE BOUPDA (M), Global Sector Manager, Banking & Insurance, FIG, IFC, USA
  • MWANSA MUTATI, Head of Personal and Private Banking, Africa Regions, Standard Bank Group, Zambia
  • NOREEN BURROUGHES CESAREO, President, Organization For Women In International Trade, UK
  • STEPHANIE BETANT, Head of Global Trade and Receivables, HSBC
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Afternoon Tea and Networking
15:50 - 16:15
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Panel V: Gender Intelligent Fintech Design
16:20 - 17:10
  • CATHERINE CRUMP (M), Managing Director, Wired Consulting, WIRED, UK
  • MO HARVEY, Founder, Tribe Fintech, Singapore
  • PRITI GUPTA, Founder, LXME, India
  • RACHEL FREEMAN, Chief Growth Officer, Tyme, Singapore
  • TOSIN ENIOLORUNDA, Founder & CEO, Moniepoint Inc., Nigeria
Tuesday 04 June 2024 Day 1
Hackathon 2024
17:10 - 17:20
  • CARINE FERSAN, Director Peer Learning, Financial Alliance For Women
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Welcome – Light Breakfast
8:30 - 9:15
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Opening and Welcome Remarks
9:30 - 9:40
  • INEZ MURRAY, CEO, Financial Alliance For Women
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Panel I: Enabling Women to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
9:40 - 10:30
  • MARTIN POWELL (M), Chief Sustainability Officer, AXA, France
  • JULIE BAKER, Head of Strategic Partnerships, NatWest Group, UK
  • KATARINA ZDRALJEVIC, Head of Group Sustainability, ProCredit Holding, Germany
  • PAULINE WRAY, Chief Strategy Officer, Stealth, Singapore
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Panel II: Must-Have Non-Financial Services for WMSMEs
10:30 - 11:20
  • KARYL AKILIAN (M), Director, Marketing and Business Development, Financial Alliance For Women
  • FARIA SHAHID, Head Affluent Segments, HBL, Pakistan
  • KHADIJA MARIAM, Head of Women Entrepreneur Cell, BRAC Bank, Bangladesh
  • NIKKI BRIGGS, Director Inclusive Banking, ATB Financial, Canada
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Morning Coffee and Networking
11:20 - 11:50
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Panel III: WE Finance Code: Lessons from First Country Adopters
11:55 - 12:45
  • WENDY TELEKI (M), Head, Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative (WE-FI), World Bank, USA
  • CHANTAL KORTEWEG, Director Social Impact & Inclusive Banking, ABN AMRO, Netherlands
  • DALMA HERNANDEZ, Manager of Social Banking, Bankers Association of the Dominican Republic
  • NADIA AL SAEED, CEO, Bank al Etihad, Jordan
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Lunch and Networking
12:45 - 13:40
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Panel IV: National Gender Data Dashboards
13:45 - 14:35
  • DIVA DHAR (M), Deputy Director Women’s Economic Empowerment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UK
  • ABIODUN OLUBITAN, Head Women Banking, Access Bank, Nigeria
  • DAVID TAYLOR, Consultant, CCX, Portugal
  • DR. MD. HABIBUR RAHMAN, Deputy Governor, Bangladesh Bank
  • SOPHIA ABU, Head, Gender and Special Segments, Central Bank of Nigeria
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Alliance Strategy and Female Economy Analytics Survey at 10
14:35 - 14:50
  • INEZ MURRAY, CEO, Financial Alliance For Women
  • CARINE FERSAN, Director Peer Learning, Financial Alliance For Women
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Champions of the Female Economy Awards 2024
14:50- 15:20
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Closing Remarks
15:20 - 15:30
  • SAM COOPER-GRAY, Head of Market Strategy and Engagement, Global Business Banking, HSBC
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
Afternoon Tea and Networking
15:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 05 June 2024 Day 2
WFID Community of Champions Meeting
16:00 - 18:00