Annual Summit 2022 - Day 1 Highlights

Wednesday Nov 2: Purposeful Ecosystem Playbooks

Day one of the 2022 Annual Summit in London convened expert panelists to discuss how to lead with purpose, ecosystem approaches to supporting women-owned/led small enterprises and leveraging the intersections between gender and climate action to maximize impact. See the highlights:

Opening & Welcome Remarks

"If all of us actually get together, help each other, be the peer learning network that we are through the Alliance and connect and share ideas, I know that we will change the world."

Ann Cairns Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard & Chair Financial Alliance for Women

"Well over half of our members have a mature Women's Program… that is why we are such a huge knowledge bank as a network"

Inez Murray CEO, Financial Alliance for Women

"Purpose is first and foremost, the first thing we think about as an organization in everything we do every day."

Matt Tuck MD, Customer Propositions & Delivery, Commercial & Institutional, NatWest Group

Building Female Friendly Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Europe

There are a lot of economic benefits for having women-led firms: innovation is higher, they are spending more money on training and they are employing more women."

Emily Sinnot Head of Policy and Strategy, European Investment Bank (EIB)

"The growth phase is where most female entrepreneurs are struggling and that is where we have decided to build an ecosystem of support"

Yvonne Greeves Director of Women in Business, Natwest Group

"In the sustaining and scaling phase, we found 3 times as many men as women sustaining their companies for longer than 3 years."

Chantal Korteweg Director Inclusive Banking, ABN AMRO, Netherlands

Purposeful Leadership

The 2022 CEO Roundtable brought together FSP leaders from around the world for a frank discussion on leading purpose-driven organizations. They discussed their unique approaches to driving gender and climate action, how they integrate purpose in their organizations’ DNA, and the risks and opportunities they face while driving transformation.

See highlights from the insightful discussion with Alison Rose, CEO of NatWest, Nadia Al Saeed, CEO of Bank al Etihad, Robert Swaak, CEO of ABN AMRO, and Steven Puig, Executive President of Banco BHD.

"We were very clear about defining purpose - but also clear that purpose is about tough decisions. Purpose isn't easy, it's hard."

Alison Rose Chief Executive Officer, NatWest Group

"It takes a very dynamic and conscious effort to define from the top what your common purpose is."

Steven Puig Executive President, Banco BHD León

"The most important thing is to have gender within your DNA. If you don’t walk the talk, nobody will believe you."

Nadia Alsaeed Chief Executive Officer, Bank al Etihad

Leveraging Organization Superpower to Drive Female Friendly Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

"If we don’t support women, we are not supporting the economy."

Naomi Ndele Head SME Banking & Agribusiness, KCB Group Limited

"Supporting women SMEs is about providing a holistic offering and ensuring consistency over time."

Rachael McKenzie Customer Experience Lead, Westpac Banking Group

Data Driving Purpose: Gender Data Codes

"As you continue to track the gender data, the business case becomes obvious and the takeaways get richer."

Abiodun Olubitan Group Head, W Initiative, Access Bank

"We have used data as a starting point to delve deeper into gaps, identify segments that are unbanked, and develop propositions around them."

Shazia Gul Head Women Market & NRP, HBL Bank

"We’ve doubled down our work on data in the financial sector to increase the visibility of women."

Greta Bull Director, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Hardwiring Climate Action: Lessons from Women’s Markets

"Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, in their livelihoods, health, and in their very basic human rights."

Ulrike Decoene Group Chief Communications, Brand and Sustainability Officer, AXA Group

"The issue for the world is that ESG measures are not standardized… we haven’t agreed as a planet how we are going to measure climate action."

Ann Cairns Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard & Chair Financial Alliance for Women

Closing Remarks

Summit Moments

What the Speakers Say

"The work and the community you are creating is so important. Very happy to contribute my little part."

"The Summit gave us so much opportunity to learn from across the world. This year’s Climate Change and its connection with Women’s Program was something to think about!"

"It was really great to learn more about the analytical and operational work going on across organizations and I learned a lot from my fellow panelists."

"It was a delight to attend the annual summit. Looking forward to seeing the great work you have planned in the coming year!"

"The entire two days were put together so well. Everything just seemed seamless and I can imagine all the hard work the team must have put behind the scenes to make it so. "

"As a veteran fan and true believer of the forward thinking work that the Alliance does, I am impressed with the progress and future of this initiative."

What the Participants Say

Excellent speakers and good networking

I highly valued the In-Person interactions with Alliance members, the opportunity for networking and the ability to share our own journey & learnings with the audience

The panel sessions’ content was great, combined with networking opportunities. I really enjoyed the Study Tour as well.

I really enjoyed the UK Parliament Study Tour.

I met some incredible and inspirational people

Linda experiencia y mucho contenido de valor para aplicar en nuestras estrategias de género y clima.