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INSEAD’s Women in Business Conference

22nd November 2017, INSEAD Asia Campus

Social Disruption: Momentum for Change

The Business Schoolfor the World®

The INSEAD Women in Business Club is honored to welcome you to the second INSEAD Women in Business Conference in Singapore – the flagship gender parity event on campus.

Our club’s mission is to strive for gender equality while empowering women at INSEAD with the tools necessary to excel in the business world. This year is a special year for us and the whole INSEAD community as fifty years have passed since the first two female MBA candidates set foot on INSEAD’s Fontainebleau campus.

We want to use this anniversary to reflect on what has been achieved on the gender diversity front and to talk about actionable steps to move forward. In this spirit, we are proud of the distinguished speakers and attendees that have joined us today and are looking forward to the discussions during the day and beyond.

Marina Fenner MBA‘17D President of the INSEAD Women in Business Club

SOCIAL DISRUPTION: MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE

Following on from last year’s event, this year’s discussion will focus on gender diversity across functions and industries. While many initiatives have been put into motion, there is still a lot of work to be done and change that has to take place to ensure gender-parity across the globe. Achieving this change in perception as well as execution requires equal participation from corporates, academics, governments, religious institutions and most importantly a radical shift in our thinking process.

We are looking forward to exploring Social Disruption: Momentum for Change with our speakers and panelists tonight.

Your IWiB Conference Team

Annika Brock

Shweta Bagchi

Soumee Roy

Zhen Yang

Ashwini Karandikar

Joy Feng

Martin Gao

INSEAD CELEBRATES WOMEN

In 1967, INSEAD became one of the first business schools in the world to admit women to its MBA program when it welcomed Hélène Ploix and Solange Perret to the Fontainebleau campus.

By doing so, INSEAD effectively departed from the traditional business school model — as business schools were largely exclusive to men — and made a strong statement about gender parity in education. Both women went on to become highly successful leaders in finance and international business, respectively, paving the way for future generations of women at INSEAD.

As one of the first business schools in the world to admit women to its MBA program in 1967, INSEAD has come a long way in promoting gender parity in education.

To honor this 50-year milestone, the school launched iW50 (50 years of Women at INSEAD), a year-long celebration in which we honor the past, present and future of women at INSEAD, while also reaffirming a commitment — held equally by men and women at INSEAD — to equip women for success at every career stage and in every organization.

#INSEADWomen

Featuring Helene Ploix, MBA’68INSEAD MBA classroom in Fontainebleau, 1968

INSEAD’s Women in Business Conference

AGENDA

17:10 Pilasinee Kittikachorn Gender Diversity and The Road Ahead

17:30 Michelle Simmons Initiatives For a 50/50 Split

17:50 Q&A Session Michelle Simmons and Pilasinee Kittikachorn

18:10 Kay Formanek Workshop – Leading Diversity to Accelerate Business Transformation

19:30 Refreshments and Networking Break

19:50 Disruptions – Their Impact and Making the Most of Them:

Panel with Dirk Luyten, Mandy Lamb, Mouna Aouri, Richa Goswami and Wendy Montgomery

Moderated by Zoe Kinias

20:50 Zoe Kinias Closing Remarks

After Networking Reception at North Foyer

16:30 Registration, Refreshments and Networking

17:00 Ilian Mihov Opening Remarks

22nd November 2017, INSEAD Asia Campus

Kay Formanek

Founder & CEO,Diversity and Performance

Dirk Luyten

Managing Director, Levante Capital Management

Mandy Lamb

Group Country Manager,Regional Southeast Asia & Global Client Management, Visa

Kay is founder and CEO of KAY Diversity & Performance B.V., a global company committed to embedding diversity of talent into the transformational purpose of companies to unleash more creativity, innovation, growth, engagement and better financial outcomes. This is realised by the Integrated Diversity Framework that has been developed by her company and patented and tested in businesses and with the collaboration of leading business schools.

Kay’s roots are in South Africa. She was Executive Director and Partner in Accenture for 25 years, leading the Health and Life Sciences Industry Line in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Kay is now based in the Netherlands, married and mother to 3 children. She is an avid sportswoman and nature lover.

Dirk is Managing Director of Levante Capital Management in Belgium. Prior to Levante Capital Partners he spent 4 years with Arthur D. Little. There he was a member of the Strategy and Organization Practice and the Consumer Goods & Retail Practice. Throughout his career Dirk spent time with Arthur D. Little, Accenture, BD World and Garden Vision.

An INSEAD alumni Dirk received his MBA in 1989. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law, as well as a Master’s Degree in Economics from the State University of Ghent.

Mandy Lamb is currently the Group Country Manager, Regional Southeast Asia & SVP, Global Client Management for Visa Inc. based in Singapore. Her experience spans the pay-ment industry across emerging markets in both Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. During her career Mandy led the 17 markets across the Commonwealth of Independent States & South Eastern Europe (CIS & SEE) for Visa Inc..

Mandy holds a Bachelor of Physical Education and Post Graduate Diploma in Management, from University of Witwatersrand and Wits Business School. She completed her MBA through University of Pretoria (GIBS) in 2007.

Professor Ilian MIHOV (Bulgaria) Dean Professor of Economics The Rausing Chaired Professor of Economic and Business Transformation Professor Ilian Mihov was appointed Dean of INSEAD on October 1, 2013. Prior to his appointment as Dean, Professor Mihov served as Interim Dean and as Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research. Professor Mihov joined the INSEAD economics area in 1996. He has taught macroeconomics and econometrics in

the MBA, EMBA, PhD and many executive education programmes as well as in the Global Leadership Fellows Programme of the World Economic Forum. He has been nominated several times as one of the best teachers in the MBA and EMBA programmes and has won the Outstanding Teacher Award multiple times. His research is on topics related to monetary policy, fiscal policy and economic growth. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (London, UK) and a vice president of the Asian Bureau for Finance and Economics Research (ABFER). Ilian is currently a Board Member of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Banque de France's Research Foundation (2002-2010) and of the Advisory Board of the Bulgarian National Bank. In 2010/11 and 2011/12 he served as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Crises. Professor Mihov’s papers have appeared in many academic journals including the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. He has given interviews for BBC, CNBC Asia, Agence France Presse, Dow Jones Newswire and many other newspapers and magazines. Professor Mihov is a regular keynote speaker, lecturer and panellist at events organised by the PwC, WEF, KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, Bloomberg, Swiss Re, Alstom, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and other companies. He holds a PhD degree from Princeton University and a B.S. in business administration from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina where, in 2006, he was recognised as a Distinguished Young Alumnus.

Ilian was appointed Dean of INSEAD on October 1, 2013. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (London, UK) and a Vice President of the Asian Bureau for Finance and Economics Research. Ilian is currently a Board Member of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Ilian holds a PhD degree from Princeton University and a B.S. in business administration from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Ilian Mihov

Dean of INSEAD, Professor of Economics, The Rausing Chaired Professor of Economic and Business Transformation

Michelle is the General Manager of Southeast Asia New Markets at Microsoft Asia Pacific. In this role, she leads Microsoft’s business across nine countries. Michelle began her career with Microsoft in the United States in 2001 and relocated to Singapore in 2011. Before her current role, Michelle was the Senior Director of Marketing & Operations for Microsoft Korea.

Michelle holds an MBA from Xavier University and Bachelor Degrees in Marketing and French from Miami University. She enjoys running and has completed seven marathons, including one in Antarctica.

Michelle Simmons

General Manager,Southeast Asia New Markets, Microsoft

Pilasinee has been working with BCG since 2009 and is now a Partner and Managing Director in BCG’s Bangkok office. She is a Consumer and Technology, Media, and Telecom Practice leader for BCG in Thailand. Before joining BCG she worked as a consultant for Accenture and Ovum.

Pilasinee holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Pilasinee Kittikachorn

Partner and Managing Director, Bangkok, The Boston Consulting Group

THE SPEAKERS

Mouna is a bridge engineer and a serial tech-entrepreneur who has worked at the cutting edge of innovation, technology and engineering since 1997.

Mouna started her first business in 2005, a B2B consulting company based in North Africa. Following the Arab spring revolution in 2011, Mouna relocated to Singapore with her family. Her deep desire to see more women strive in STEM and for women to play a bigger role in founding the companies of the future led her to found Woomentum. Woomentum is a peer-to-peer digital platform that helps female-led startups and SMEs connect with expert mentors and raise funds through crowdfunding.

Mouna is a mother of two young girls and a drummer and boxer in her free time.

Mouna Aouri

Founder & CEO, Woomentum

Richa is the Asia Pacific Head of Digital for Consumer Healthcare Business at Johnson & Johnson. Before joining Johnson & Johnson in 2014, she worked several years for HSBC and the Standard Chartered Bank. Richa has led and worked with teams in over 30 countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Middle East.

Richa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy and a Master’s Degree in International Marketing. She is a digital advisory board member at Fortune 100 companies and a TEDx speaker.

With nearly 20 years HR experience in Asia Pacific, Wendy is a Senior International HR leader skilled in strategic and operational human resources. She is currently the Head of Human Resources Asia Pacific for Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source, enterprise IT solutions. She has in depth expertise in high growth/e-commerce technology organisations such as JDA Software, Vistaprint and ESPN STAR Sports. Wendy started her career in the British Army.

Wendy has a post graduate diploma in Human Resources Management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and is currently writing her dissertation to complete her Masters in Human Resource Management.

Richa Goswami

Chief Digital Officer Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson

Wendy Montgomery

Head of Human Resources Asia Pacific, Red Hat

Zoe Kinias is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & Academic Director of the INSEAD Gender Initiative. She is also a member of the INSEAD Randomized Control Trials Lab.

After ten years teaching MBAs, first at the Kellogg School of Management and then at INSEAD, Zoe now teaches primarily in executive programs. Her teaching topics focus on leadership development, social issues at the intersection of business and society, and psychological research in applied/business contexts.

Zoe Kinias received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Arizona State University.

Zoe Kinias

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & Academic Director, INSEAD Gender Initiative, INSEAD

We want to thank BCG, Microsoft and INSEAD for their generous support.

THE SPEAKERS

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