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Reykjavík Global Forum

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Panel: "Conscious Criteria for Global Business"

The 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders held a panel which analyzed challenges and opportunities of global business. Participants included: Anna Sophie Herken, business division head at Allianz Asset Management GmbH; David Cruickshank, chair of the board of directors, Social Progress Imperative; Naina Subberwal Batra, chairperson and CEO of AVPN. The panel was moderated by Lutfey Siddiqi, adjunct professor at National University of Singapore and visiting professor-in-practice at London School of Economics.

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Financial technology, equality and market access

Tao Zhang, deputy managing director of IMF, spoke at the 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders about financial technology and equality. The following speakers then participated in a panel on financial technology and market access: Sue Kelsey, executive vice president of global consumer products and financial inclusion at Mastercard; Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili, senior economic adviser for Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative; Christian Lanng, CEO and co-founder of Tradeshift. Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient, moderated the panel.

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Reykjavík Global Forum panel on COVID-19 impact

The 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders held a panel called “The Economy of Caring and the Impacts of COVID-19.” Participants included: Felicia Marie Knaul, director of Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, professor at Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami and founding president of Tómatelo a Pecho; Lynn A. Taylor, SVP, head of healthcare global government and public affairs for Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany; Lina Gálvez Muñoz, member of European Parliament. Christine Heenan, founder and president of Clarendon Group, moderated.

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Fireside chat: José Manuel Barros and Thoraya Obaid

The 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders held a fireside chat with José Manuel Barroso and Thoraya Obaid. Barroso is non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International, served as prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004, and served as president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014. Obaid is chair of Women 20 and was executive director of the United Nations Population Fund from 2001 to 2010. Keitsumetse Pule, G(irls)20 delegate for South Africa, moderated the discussion.

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Panel on social prejudice and leadership

The 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders hosted a panel discussion on the effects of social prejudice on power and the perception of leadership. Panelists included: Atsushi Sunami, president of Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Hafsat Abiola, president of Women in Africa; Hiltrud Werner, member of the board of management for integrity and legal affairs for Volkswagen AG. The panel was chaired by Michelle Harrison, global CEO of Kantar Public.

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Reykjavík Global Forum panel on mental health

A panel at the 2020 Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders discussed mental health. Participants included: Jess Phillips, member of House of Commons, United Kingdom; Dr. Elisa Tarazona Gines, CEO of Ribera Salud; Hauwa Ojeifo, mental health advocate and founder and executive director of She Writes Woman. The panel was chaired by Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, who is president of Eurochild and served as president of Malta from 2014 to 2019.

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