Tenzin Seldon – Kinstep

Tenzin was raised as a refugee in the Indian Himalayas, her family having fled there from Tibet. Tenzin is the founder of Kinstep, a social enterprise platform that connects immigrants to safe and steady jobs. She also is the Senior Advisor, Board Member of Earth’s Call Foundation, in partnership with Lever for Change, which will…

Dr. Katsura Suzuki – Green Sands Equity

Based in Zurich for over 30 years, Katsura has an expansive career in global family office advisory and private banking. She began her career with Ernst & Young heading the Japan desk in Zurich for 20 years (service lines of Audit, Tax and Transaction). While working at Ernst & Young she obtained her Doctorate degree of Business and Administration at University…

Dr. Yazan Hijazi – Human Engineering Advisory

Dr. Yazan Hijazi has spent over 20 years working across sectors in the role of scientist, professor, executive director, entrepreneur and consultant across industries from academia and design to financial services. And played leading roles in several technology start-ups. Dr. Yazan Hijazi is an IE Adjunct Professor teaches in the Executive Masters in Positive Leadership…

Ulla Virkkula – Emaar Hospitality Group

Ulla Virkkula joined Emaar Hospitality Group as Corporate Director of Total Revenue with effect from 01 May 2018 reporting to Peter Haag, Acting Chief Commercial Officer. Ulla is responsible for ensuring robust group-wide revenue strategies covering all aspects of revenue generation including but not limited to Rooms revenues, F&B revenues, Events revenues and all other…

ATTENDEE PACKAGE – WIL Economic Forum MENA 2019

ATTENDEE PACKAGE For the price of the ticket you will receive access to 25+ hours of interactive content, knowledge transfer, industry insights and practices from 50+ leading experts flying in from across the world.  Full 2-day access to workshops, networking activities, mentorship opportunities and business facilitation. You will get access to: Knowledge Transfer from world…

WIL Economic Forum MENA 2019

2019#WIL FORUM 2019 PICTURES DARING TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE In 2009, the inaugural Women in Leadership Economic Forum broke new ground in the Middle East by offering a platform for women leaders to gather, build valuable connections and advance the gender parity discussion in the workplace. Since then, the forum has traveled to Saudi…