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Issue No.
CCVIII; May 13, 2013
SPECIAL EDITION: GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN 2013
SEE WHO'S
COMING TO THE 2013 SUMMIT IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JUNE 6-8, 2013
From Australia to Brazil to France to South Africa, 1,000 women from
72 countries are converging in Kuala Lumpur for the 2013 Global
Summit of Women. Now
less than 1 month away, women business, government and
entrepreneurial leaders from around the globe are making their final
preparations to take part in the June 6-8th global
gathering being hosted by Malaysia.
Coming together under the theme “Women
-- Creating New Economies,” delegates continue the Summit’s
focus on business, and some are exploring market opportunities
through BtoB meetings being organized by Malaysia’s Ministry of
International Trade, while others are looking to personal and
organizational alliances.
Many are looking to widen their economic knowledge base or to
enhance their skills.
Here is a sampling of topics to be covered at the Summit and the
experts invited to lead these sessions.
Doing Business in the Asia-Pacific Region: Do's and Don't's:
While
Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade will present on “Doing
Business with Malaysia” the day before the Summit begins on June 6th,
a session focusing on the "Do's and Don't's" of how
to conduct such business in the Asia-Pacific region will provide
practical advice forged from experience on June 7th. A
stellar cast of experts will share perspectives from different parts
of the region.
    
Dato' Sri Mustapa Bin Mohamed,
Malaysian Minister for International Trade and Industry will present
on "Doing Business with Malaysia. Presenting on the session on
the "Do's and Don't's" of Doing Business in the region are
Anna Wu, a member of the Executive Council of Hong
Kong SAR; Sarah Casanova, Managing
Director of McDonald's Malaysia and Singapore; Aurora
"Boots" Geotina-Garcia, who is the President of Ciba
Capital Philippines; and Sarah Maraghy,
Regional Vice President, South Asia, for Lockheed Martin
Opening this sought-after session is the
Honorable Anna Wu, a
member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong SAR, who brings to this
topic both a business and regulatory perspective.
Currently a Member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, she also
serves as Chair of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority,
which regulates pension funds. Recently, she was named as Chair of
new agency, the Competition Commission, whose mandate is to break up
monopolies and prevent anti-competitive business practices.
Providing perspective on
leading a major multinational corporation's operations in the region
is
Sarah Casanova,
Managing Director of McDonald's Malaysia and Singapore.
She brings added experience from another country, Japan, in a
prior role as Senior Vice President for McDonald's Japan responsible
for marketing and new business strategies
From the business advisory and corporate finance services industry
comes
Aurora "Boots" Geotina-Garcia,
who is the President of Ciba Capital Philippines. A consultant
to business and government for over 30 years in the area of
corporate finance, Ms. Geotina-Garcia has advised clients on capital
markets issues such as market development and identifying funding,
among other issues. Also joining the panel is
Sarah Maraghy,
Regional Vice President, South Asia, for Lockheed Martin. Ms.
Maraghy's responsibility includes corporate business development
in Australia, ASEAN nations, India, and New Zealand.
In her position, she works to build partnership programs in the
government marketplace focused on the defense, security, and
intelligence fields.
Opening Up Enterprise Funding Through Technology:
Crowd-funding,
a technique that allows the average person to raise funds for his or
her projects through a composite of smaller donations as opposed to
trying to appeal to a single investor, has exploded in recent years
on the web. In doing so, it has offered new
entrepreneurs all over the
world a chance to raise start-up funds in order to grow their ideas
into full-fledged businesses. The 2013 Global Summit of Women
will look at this innovative use of the Internet to raise funds for
enterprises ranging from micro to SMEs.
   
UN Foundation Senior Fellow Mayra Buvinic,
Kiva.org Portfolio Manager Joanna Gan. and pitchIN Malaysia
Co-Founder Sam Shafie will discuss "Opening Up Enterprise Funding
Through Technology".
Before looking into new funding sources, however,
Mayra Buvinic, Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation, will
open the session by providing the findings of a new UN Foundation
report which looked into what has worked and what hasn't in terms of
financing strategies for SMEs as well as what practices would be
more effective in helping women create and sustain enterprises of
all sizes. Previously serving in senior roles at the
InterAmeican Development Bank and the World Bank, she is conversant
with the full gamut of enterprise funding.
The leader in the new Internet-based microcredit is
Kiva.org, which has
given out $408,326,900 in microloans from 826,000 donors, some of
whom give as little as $25.00.
Based in San Francisco, the story of this 8-year-old
groundbreaking nonprofit will be presented by Joanne Gan, Portfolio
Manager for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
A former corporate credit analyst, Ms. Gan will share what
Kiva.org has been able to do in sourcing global funding from small
to large donors as a way of alleviating poverty by supporting
enterprise funding.
Providing the Malaysian experience on the panel is Sam Shafie, a
co-Founder of Malaysia's first crowd-funding platform,
PitchIN, which
focuses on raising funds through the Internet for creative and
design projects. A former Deputy Public Prosecutor in the
Attorney General's Office who has also founded several tech
companies, Mr. Shafie and his co-founders wanted to support start-up
businesses in animation, film, books and design – the Malaysian
version of US-based Kickstarter – which often have a hard time in
securing funding from banks.
Marketing Yourself Internally and Externally
Most women think that hard work alone will get them recognized and
promoted, but what they don't realize is that their work must be
made visible to those in charge.
In a Summit session aimed at providing delegates with the
practical tools for getting ahead in their corporation or industry,
executives from major multinational companies will share tips on
enhancing your business profile.
  
Sharing practical tools for getting ahead are
former Vice President for Marketing Development Marilyn Johnson,
Senior Vice President for Global Diversity and Inclusion for PepsiCo
Pamela Culpepper, and Corporate Vice President for Communications
for Arcos Dorados Flavia Vigio.
Opening the panel is
Marilyn Johnson, the former Vice President, Market
Development for IBM, where she was responsible for developing the
company's strategy for marketing to women-owned businesses around
the world as well as minority customers in the U.S. A
long-time IBM veteran who moved up the ranks, she has also gained
external recognition from media and business organizations, an
experience she brings to this topic.
Joining her on the panel is
Pamela Culpepper,
Senior Vice President for Global Diversity and Inclusion for
PepsiCo. A 13-year Pepsico veteran, Ms. Culpepper works to
bring nearly 300,000 diverse voices and cultures in Pepsico’s
workforce to work together harmoniously as well as identify and
promote development of internal talent spread out
globally. Providing a Latin American perspective in this session is
Flavia Vigio, who is
Corporate Vice President for Communications with Arcos Dorados of
McDonald's Latin America. Based in Brazil, Ms. Vigio will
offer tips for what external relations business and professional
women can establish to enhance their internal profile.
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