International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge 2022 | IESE Business School | 12 November 2022 | IESE Business School, Cam. Cerro del Águila, 3, 28023 Madrid, Spain

The theme of the 2022 conference is Connecting Women Businesses Globally: The Transformational Power of Women in Business.

A new world of opportunities has arisen following the COVID-19 pandemic. Opportunities that are emerging across sectors, driven especially by globalization and digitalization, creating new business models and new ways to work.

At IWEC, we know that women’s leadership is key to developing these opportunities and transforming them into value. The transformational power of female leadership is in itself a resource that can and will make an impact on the economy and society.

IWEC this year will bring together in Madrid women entrepreneurs and business owners from all around the world. Participants will combine their knowledge and strengths in an empowered network, in order to overcome challenges and uncover opportunities. Today’s increasingly fast-paced business world requires leadership with vision and strategy, capable of spotting possibilities as they arise.

Our conference this year has been designed to reflect these areas of opportunity while celebrating the talented new award winners who join the IWEC community.
We are also thrilled to propose the Young Talent Program, which consists of parallel academic sessions on day 2 addressed to the daughters and sons of our IWEC community.

IWEC is dedicated to developing a global network of successful women business owners. We bring together female entrepreneurs who are already in the global marketplace and want to expand, as well as those looking to branch out internationally. Headquartered in New York City, we work with approximately 50 international chambers of commerce and women’s business organizations.

2022 Speakers

Santiago Álvarez De Mon
Managing People in Organizations Department, IESE Business School

Ibukun Awosika
IWEC President, First Bank of Nigeria

Núria Basi
President, Basi Group

Josep Lluis Bonet
President Spanish Chamber of Commerce

Carmen Castillo
Vice Chair, IWEC

Gonzalo Gortázar
CEO, CaixaBank

Ruth A. Davis
IWEC Chairperson, US Ambassador (retired)

Martina Elvira
Professor, IESE Business School

Andrés Fernández
General Manager of Sustainability, Mango

Enric Fernandez
Chief Economist, Head of Stategic Planning and Research, CaixaBank

Fernando Hernandez
Global Leader Supplier Diversity, The Coca-Cola Company

Helena Herrero
Managing Director, HP Southern Europe

Rocio Hervella
CEO & Founder, PROSOL

Harjinder Kaur
FCCI-FLO

Merrilee Kick
CEO and Founder BuzzBallz

Yang Lan
Sun Media

Regina Llopis
President, AIA Group

Nuria Mas
Professor in the Department of Economics, IESE Business School

Mukta Nandini Jain
IWEC Co-Founder, FICI-FLO

Pedro Nueno
Technical Architect, Industrial Engineer and Doctor of Business Admistration, Professor of Entrepreneirship, IESE and CEIBS

Teresa Perales
World Paralympic Champion

Iria Pérez
Directora, MODA.ES

Nancy Ploeger
IWEC Foundation Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Board

Mª Julia Prats
Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, and holder of the Bertain Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurship, IESE

Maria Puig
Director Dignity, Diversity & Belonging, IESE Business School

Inmaculada Riera
Managing Director, Spanish Chamber of Commerce

Mar Santana
Corporate Commercial Director in Madrid, CaixaBank

Jose Luis Suarez
Ordinary Professor in the Department of Financial Management and Director, IESE

Adela Subirana
IWEC Vice-President, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

Anni Wilhelmi
Founder, The Crossing, South Africa

Roser Xalabarder
3rd Vice president, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce

Yewandee Zaccheaus
Founder and CEO, Eventful