Financial Alliance for Women Annual Summit 2022 | Financial Alliance for Women | 1 November 2022 | Online

The Annual Summit is the Alliance’s flagship event and one of the world’s foremost knowledge exchanges that focuses on what institutions can do to champion the female economy. At the Summit, participants learn directly from practitioners and subject matter experts, share best practices on how to tap the female economy, and discuss the latest innovations and approaches that are having a real impact on women and on the companies that serve them.

The Summit is attended by commercial banks, fintechs, insurance companies, payment companies, investors, VCs, asset managers, telcos, as well as thought leaders, policymakers and development finance specialists.

Pre-pandemic the Summit was held in person, and in 2020 and 2021 it went online, enabling us to significantly increase our reach, however, with the downside of not being able to meet in person and missing the human connection. With that in mind, the Summit 2022 will be a hybrid event, hosted by Alliance member NatWest and main sessions will be live streamed online so that a wider global audience can attend.

The 1 1/2-day event will be packed with thought provoking discussions, new know-how, lively debate and engaging, interactive sessions both offline and online. We will focus on areas that drive value to our members and their stakeholders and showcase effective solutions from the world of financial services and beyond. The 2022 Summit will explore topics that are critical to enable inclusive growth for women and build sustainable economies:
• Purposeful Leadership: leading CEOs share building their businesses with purpose
• Orchestrating female-friendly entrepreneurial and fintech ecosystems
• Gender data driving business decisioning
• What women’s markets strategies teach us about climate action
• Gender intelligent fintech and DFS design
• Technology at the service of financial inclusion: e-payments, cryptocurrencies and the rise of neo-banks.

On the second afternoon, participants will gather at the UK All Party Parliamentary Committee on Women and Enterprise in Westminster, to discuss the latest policy levers as part of the UK Investing In Women Code to support a female friendly entrepreneurial ecosystem in the UK. This will act as a model for other countries to emulate.

Detailed information on the Annual Summit 2022 will be announced soon. Stay tuned to our social media channels and watch your inbox for details.

2022 Speakers

Abiodun Olubitan
Group Head, W Initiative, Access Bank, Nigeria

Alison Rose
Chief Executive Officer, Natwest Group, United Kingdom

Amy Neale
General Partner, Delta Ventures, Ireland

Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard, USA

Arturo Stein
VP Commercial Bank, Banco G&T Continental, Guatemala

Carine Fersan
Manager, Marketing & Peer Learning, Financial Alliance For Women, Jordan

Carmen Niethammer
Sr. Gender Specialist, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

Chantal Korteweg
Director Inclusive Banking, ABN AMRO, Netherlands

Debora Revoltella
European Investment Bank, Chief Economist, Luxembourg

Elaine Gold
Co-Founder and MD, GEN UK (Global Entrepreneurship

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

Emma Kisby
EMEA CEO, Cogo, United Kingdom

Georgina Farmaki
Division Manager, Wholesale Banking Lending, Alpha Bank, Greece

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

Inez Murray
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Alliance For Women, USA

Jane Prokop
EVP, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mastercard, USA

Jenny Tooth OBE
Executive Chair, UK Business Angels Association, United Kingdom

Julie Baker
Head of Enterprise Engagement and Partnerships, NatWest Group, United Kingdom

Karyl Akilian
Director, Marketing and Business Development, Financial Alliance For Women, Canada

Kenza El Qaoumi
Research Officer, BPI (Banque Nacional de Investment), France

Kirrah McClelland
Director, Kirrah+Co, Australia

Linda Appie
Chief Marketing Officer, Tyme Bank, South Africa

Mark Parsons
Director Sustainable Banking, NatWest Group, United Kingdom

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

Mehruba Reza
VP and Head Women Banking Segment TARA and Agami Student Banking Service, BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh

Nadia Al Saeed
Chief Executive Officer, Bank al Etihad, Jordan

Nadim Kassar
Chairman and General Manager, BLC Bank, Lebanon

Naomi Ndele
Head SME Banking & Agribusiness, KCB Group Limited, Kenya

Paul Jenkins
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Norway

Priti Rathi Gupta
Founder, LXME, India

Rachael McKenzie
Customer Experience Lead, Special Projects, Westpac Banking Group, Australia

Rachel Robboy
Chief Risk Officer, IDB Invest, USA

Rebecca Ruf
Executive Vice President, Programs, Financial Alliance for Women, USA

Robert Swaak
CEO, ABN AMRO, Netherlands

Sam Cooper-Gray
Head of Market Strategy Business Banking, HSBC, United Kingdom

Shazia Gul
Head Women Market & NRP, HBL, Pakistan

Shelly Porges
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Beyond the Billion, USA

Siddhika Aggarwal
Co-Founder, Mahila Money, India

Steven Puig
Executive President, Banco BHD León, Dominican Republic

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

Valerie Tamagny-Ferrier
Senior Advisor Company Engagement, BNP Paribas, France

Wendy Teleki
Head of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), World Bank Group, USA

Yvonne Greeves
Director of Women in Business, Natwest Group, United Kingdom

Zara Janjua
Broadcaster and Summit EMCEE, Zara Janjua, United Kingdom