2016 Summit Participants

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Honorary Patron of
2016 Global Summit of Women
Agata Kornhauser-Duda
First Lady of Poland

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Government

H.E. Beata Szydło
Prime Minister, Poland
H.E. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh
Vice President, Vietnam
H.E. Laimdota Straujuma
Former Prime Minister, Latvia
H.E. Atifete Jahjaga
Former President, Kosovo
Hon. Mateusz Morawiecki
Deputy Prime Minister & Min. for Development, Poland
Hon. Hijran Huseynova
Chairperson of State Committee on Women, Children, and Family, Azerbaijan
Hon. Marie Thérèse Abena Ondoa neé Obama
Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family, Cameroon
Hon. Mona Omar
Deputy Minister, VP of National Council of Women Egypt
Hon. Laurence Rossignol
Minister of Family, Children, and Women’s Rights, France
Hon. Elke Ferner
State Secretary for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
Hon. Gulshara Abdykalikova
Secretary of State, Kazakhstan
Hon. Julia Duncan-Castle
Minister of Gender, Children & Social Protection, Liberia
Hon. Lydia Mutsch
Minister for Equal Opportunities, Luxembourg
Hon. Dato’ Rohani Karim
Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Malaysia
Hon. Bassima Hakkaoui
Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family, and Social Development, Morocco
Hon. Marcela Huaita
Minister for Women and Vulnerable Populations, Peru
Hon. Wojciech Kaczmarczyk
Plenipotentiary for Civil Society and Equal Treatment, Poland
Hon. Dr. Carolina Gomes Ferra
Secretary of State of Public Administration and Public Employment, Portugal
Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe
Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, South Africa
Hon. Baroness Sandip Verma
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, UK
Hon. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Mayor of Warsaw, Poland
Hon. Masako Mori
Former Minister for Gender Equality, Japan
Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres
Former Undersecretary of Labor, Mexico
Hon. Delia Domingo-Albert
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
Hon. Do Yoon Byun
Former Minister of Gender Equality, South Korea

CEOs

Dominika Bettman
CFO, Siemens, Poland
Manfred Bischoff
Chair of the Board, Daimler Germany
Maria Blase
President of HVAC and Transport Latin America, Ingersoll Rand, USA
Henryka Bochniarz
President, Polish Confederation of Employers Poland
Krystyna Boczkowska
CEO, Robert Bosch, Poland
Martha Brooks
Board Director, Bombardier; Former President, Novelis Canada
Cindy Chenyan
CEO, Focus Media, China
Sylvia Coutinho
CEO, UBS Brazil
Maria Dolores Dancausa
CEO, Bankinter, Spain
Sabine dall'Omo
CEO of Siemens South Africa
Dick Evans
Chair, Constellium; Former CEO, Rio Tinto Alcan, USA
Sandra Gott-Karlbauer
CEO, Urban Transport, Siemens, Germany
Anna Gudmundson
CEO, Fitbug, UK
Maan Hontiveros
CEO, Air Asia Philippines
Luz María Jaramillo
CEO, Pavimentos Colombia S.A.S.
Anna Karaszewska
CEO, Ingeus Sp. z.o.o., Poland
Cassandra Kelly
Chair and Co-Founder, Pottinger, Australia
Michel Khalaf
President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Metlife, UAE
Sung Joo Kim
Chair, MCM Holdings AG, South Korea
Nina Kowalewska-Motlik
CEO, New Communications, Poland
Idar Kreutzer
Managing Director, Finance Norway
Ania Kruk
CEO, Ania Kruk Jewelery, Poland
Ana Maria Llopis
Board Director, Societe Generale and Chair, Dia, Spain
Olga Malinkiewicz
Founder & CEO, Saule Technologies, Poland
Paula Marshall
CEO, The Bama Companies, USA
Lynette Mayne
CEO, Work Wear World, Australia
Jowita Michalska
Managing Director, Foundation for Strategic Competence Development Poland
Irene Natividad
President Region EMIA (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa), Technip, Italy
Noriko Nakamura
Founder and CEO, Poppins, Inc. Japan
Solange Olszewska
CEO, Solaris Bus and Coach, Poland
Wioletta Rosolowska
CEO, L'Oreal Poland
Rana Salhab
Board Director, Deloitte Middle East, UAE
Slawomir Sikora
CEO, Citi Handlowy, Poland
Zuzanna Stanska
Founder, Moiseum, Poland
Beata Stelmach
CEO, GE Poland & Baltic States
Elizabeth Trallero
CEO, Congost Plastic, Spain
Alastair Teare
CEO, Deloitte Central Europe UK
Marco Villa
President Region EMIA (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa), Technip, Italy
Dorota Warakomska
President, Congress of Women, Poland
Dorota Zys
Co-Founder, Saas Genius, Poland

Executives

Kimberly Admire
EVP and Chief HR Officer, SAIC, USA
Katrin Adt
VP, HR Department, Daimler Germany
Christine Albanel
Sr. Executive Vice President, Orange France
Rohini Anand
SVP, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo, USA
Dorothee Andermann
VP or Operations, BMCI, Germany
Dragica Boca
VP & Managing Partner, GBS Central & Eastern Europe, IBM, Czech Republic
Magdalena Budziszewska
Marketing Manager, McDonald's Polska, Poland
Chantal Line Carpentier
Chief, New York Office UNCTAD, Canada
Sheryl Chamberlain
Group Vice President, Capgemini, USA
Laurent Depond
VP of Diversity, Orange Group, France
Denise Evans
VP Market Development, IBM, USA
Sakie Fukushima
Board Director, Mitsubishi Corp., Bridgestone, Corp., and Ajinomoto Co. Japan
Iwona Georgijew
Partner, Deloitte Poland
Arancha Gonzalez
Executive Director, International Trade Centre, Spain
Linda Hallman
President, American Association of University Women, USA
Narelle Hooper
Former Editor, Australian Financial Review BOSS Magazine, Australia
Danuta Hubner
Managing Editor, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
Marie Lalleman
Managing Director, Global Retail, Nielsen Europe
Katarzyna Majewska
Head of Operations & Technology, Citi Handlowy, Poland
Janet Marzett
VP of Operations (Americas), Mercedez-Benz Financial Services, USA
Patricia Milligan
Senior Partner, Mercer, USA
Elizabeth Nieto
Senior VP for HR, Diversity, and Inclusion, Metlife
Alison Orsi
VP of Marketing, Communications & Citizenship, IBM UK & Ireland
Elisabeth Richard
Head of Internal Motivation & Leadership for Women, Engie, France
Claudine Schmuck
Founder & Assoc. Director, Global Contact, France
Ursula Schwarzenbart
Head of Talent Development & Global Diversity Management, Daimler, Germany
Katrine Sharp
VP & Group Head, Sustainable Development and Gender Diversity, Technip France
Claire Sibthorpe
Head, Connected Women, GSMA UK
Bianka Siwinska
Executive Director, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland
Nora Villafuerte
VP of Human Resources, Nestle Mexico
Katherine Worthen
Board Member, Opel Group and VP, GM, USA
Lisa Kassenaar
News Editor at Large of Global Women's Coverage, Bloomberg News , USA
Alexandra Borchardt
Managing Editor, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
Malgorzata Omilanowska
Professor, University of Gdansk, Frmr. Minister of Culture, Poland