Our Women of the Future
Taking part in the Women of the Future Economic Empowerment Summit:
Cherie Booth QC
Indra Nooyi, CEO and chairman, PepsiCo
Shami Chakrabati, director, Liberty
Fru Hazlitt, CEO, GCap
The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Elizabeth Coffey, managing director, Spark Leadership
Susan Payne, CEO, Emergent Asset Management
Vicky Jewson, film-maker
Kresse Wesling, entrepreneur and founder, Bio-Supplies
James Smith, chairman, Shell UK
Amanda Natalie Ellis, head of Gender Entrepreneurship Markets, IFC
Margaret Heffernan, entrepreneur and author
Carla Stent, chief financial officer, Barclays Global, Retail & Commercial
Banking
Louisa Fletcher, founder and managing director, PropertyPriceAdvice.co.uk
Sir David Bell, chairman, Pearson
Diane Abbott MP
Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive, British Red Cross
Sarah Deaves, CEO, Coutts & Co
Dr Michelle Ryan. senior research fellow, School of Psychology, University
of Exeter
Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO, Orange
Pat O'Driscoll, former CEO, Northern Foods
Sian Berry, Mayoral Candidate, The Green Party
On The Agenda
. Leadership: How can more women leaders achieve the highest positions in global business and politics?
. Mentoring: What is the role of the new global women leaders in nurturing future leaders?
. Entrepreneurship/micro-finance: How can we bring
women into full participation in economic life?
. Political progress: What are the lessons from landmark political progress in countries such as The Philippines, Sri Lanka and Rwanda that have become world leaders in women's political empowerment?
. Climate change: Women leaders have a distinctive agenda when tackling the biggest issue on the global agenda.