2013 Global Summit of Women Speakers

Government Leaders

 

H.E. Atifete Jahjaga
President of Kosovo
H.E. Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak
Prime Minister of Malaysia
H.E. Nguyen Thi Doan
Vice President of Vietnam
Hon. Mimoza Kusari-Lila
Deputy Prime Minister of Trade and Industry, Kosovo
Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah binti Mansor
First Lady of Malaysia
Keosaychay Sayasone
First Lady of Laos
Penehupifo Pohamba
First Lady of Namibia
Dr. Christine Kaseba
First Lady of Zambia
Dr. Ana Paula Inês Luís N'Dala Fernando
Secretary of State for General Education and Social Action

ANGOLA

Hon. Dr. Fatima Al-Belooshi
Minister of Social Development

BAHRAIN

Hon. Dr. Ing Kantha Phavi
Minister of Women's Affairs

CAMBODIA

Hon. Marie Thérèse Abena Ondoa née Obama
Minister of Women's Promotion

CAMEROON

Hon. Nicole Bricq
Minister for Foreign Trade

FRANCE

Hon. Anna Wu
Executive Council Member

HONG KONG S.A.R.

Hon. Gulshara Abdykalikova
Chair, National Commission on Women and Family

KAZAKHSTAN

Hon. Vlora Çitaku
Minister of European Integration

KOSOVO

Hon. Birutė Vėsaitė
Minister of Economy

LITHUANIA

Dato’ Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed
Minister of International Trade and Industry

MALAYSIA

YB Dato’ Hajah Rohani Abdul Karim
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development

MALAYSIA

Hon. Rosalia Nghidinwa
Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare

NAMIBIA

Melissa Lee
Parliamentary Private Secretary for Ethnic Affairs

NEW ZEALAND

Hon. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
Undersecretary of Agriculture for Special Concerns

PHILIPPINES

Hon. Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz
State Secretary of Equal Opportunities

POLAND

Hon. Dr. Małgorzata Omilanowska
Undersecretary of Culture and National Heritage

POLAND

Hon. Beata Stelmach
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs

POLAND

Hon. Maria Grapini
Minister of SME, Tourism & Business Environment

ROMANIA

Hon. Oda Gasinzigwa
Minister of Family and Gender Promotion

RWANDA

Hon. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams
Deputy Minister of Communications

SOUTH AFRICA

Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry

SOUTH AFRICA

Hon. Sumedha Jayasena
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

SRI LANKA

Hon. Alice Amafo
Minister of Social Affairs and Housing

SURINAME

Hon. Sihem Badi
Minister of Women's Affairs

TUNISIA

Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar
Former Chair, Malaysia Securities Commission

MALAYSIA

Dato' Hafsah Hashim
CEO, SME Corporation Malaysia

MALAYSIA

Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Rafiah Salim
Director, NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW)

MALAYSIA

Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria
Secretary General, Ministry of International Trade & Industry

MALAYSIA


CEOs

 

Indra Nooyi
Chairman & CEO, Pepsico

UNITED STATES

Hajara Adeola

NIGERIA

Datuk Dr. Nor Ashikin Ahmad Mokhtar
Founder and Executive Chairman, Primanora Medical Center

MALAYSIA

Parnsiree Amatayakul
CEO, IBM Thailand

THAILAND

Henryka Bochniarz
President, Central & Eastern Europe, Boeing

POLAND

Sarah Casanova
Managing Director, McDonald's Malaysia

CANADA

Mercedes Erra
CEO and Co-Founder, BETC Euro RSCG

FRANCE

Ma. Aurora 'Boots' Geotina-Garcia
President and Chair, CIBACapital Philippines, Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Hooi Lai Lin
CEO, Ken-Rich Chemical Production Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Y Bhg Dato' Jamelah Jamaluddin
CEO, Kuwait Finance House Bhd.

MALAYSIA

Pacita Juan
Founder, ECHOStore and Figaro Coffee Company

PHILIPPINES

Cassandra Kelly
Co-Founder and Joint CEO, Pottinger, Inc.

AUSTRALIA

Sung Joo Kim
Chair and Chief Visionary Officer, MCM, Inc.

SOUTH KOREA

Angelina Kwan
CEO, Stratford Finance Limited

HONG KONG S.A.R.

Ellynita Lamin
Founder, Social Enterprise Alliance

MALAYSIA

Lau Ka-Shi
CEO and Managing Director, Bank Consortium Ltd.

HONG KONG S.A.R.

Li Qin
Founder and Chair, InDepth Communications

CHINA

Dr. Vuyo Mahlati
Former Chair, South African Post Office, Inc.

SOUTH AFRICA

Yasmin Mahmood
Executive Director, YTL Communications

MALAYSIA

Gianmarco Monsellato
CEO, Taj

FRANCE

Paul Moung
Managing Director, IBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Amanda Nasim
Founder and Director, Tutti Frutti (UK) Ltd

MALAYSIA

Helen Read
Founder and Managing Director, Ms. Read

MALAYSIA

Suzanna Shahari
Managing Director, Innopeak Sdn. Bhd.

MALAYSIA

Siti Sa'Diah Sheikh Bakir
CEO and Managing Director, KPJ Healthcare Bhd

MALAYSIA

Norhayati Md. Taib
Group Managing Director, MYAGRI Group

MALAYSIA

Ann Sherry
CEO, Carnival Australia

AUSTRALIA

Diane Tompson
Managing Director, Powercom Group Pty Ltd.

AUSTRALIA

Yukako Uchinaga
Honorary Chairman, Berlitz International

JAPAN


Executives and Professional Leaders

 

Lidia Adamska
Former Management Board Member, Warsaw Stock Exchange

POLAND

Kimberly Admire
Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Lockheed Martin

UNITED STATES

Umran Beba
President, Asia-Pacific, PepsiCo

TURKEY

Mayra Buvinic
Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation

CHILE

Shawn Covell
Vice President, Government Affairs, Qualcomm

UNITED STATES

Marisa Drew
Co-Head of European Investment Banking Department, Credit Suisse

UNITED KINGDOM

Bernard Ducros
General Manager for Waters Asia, Danone Asia

FRANCE

Denise Evans
Vice President, Market Development, IBM

UNITED STATES

Emma Fernandez
Executive Vice President for Innovation, Talent, and Strategy, Indra

SPAIN

Pat Harris
Vice President, Global Chief Diversity Officer, McDonald's

UNITED STATES

Adeline Lescanne-Gautier
Executive Director, Nutriset

FRANCE

Ana Maria Llopis
Board Director, Societe Generale and Dia Corp

SPAIN

Susan A. Maraghy
Regional Vice President for South Asia, Lockheed Martin

UNITED STATES

Fatimah Merican
Vice President and Director, ExxonMobil Production and Exploration

MALAYSIA

Margaretta Noonan
Founder, noonanWorks

UNITED STATES

Ursula Schwarzenbart
Chief Diversity Officer, Daimler

GERMANY

Flavia Vigio
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Arcos Dorados - McDonald's Latin America

BRAZIL

Karen Watson
Managing Director, Nielsen Government and Public Sector

UNITED STATES

Susan Goldberg
Executive Editor, Bloomberg News

UNITED STATES

Indira Lakshmanan
Senior News Correspondent, Bloomberg News

UNITED STATES