Women's Summit
Being the change we want to see
Wednesday 9 March 2022
09:25 to 15:15 (GMT)
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Programme
Times in GMT
09:25 - 09:30
Opening Remarks
Minaxi Mistry
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Equality Leaders
09:30 - 10:30
How are Bank of Ireland Driving Gender Equality in the World of Belonging?
Areas of discussion:
– How we are driving gender equality in the organisation and across the industry
– How we have leveraged opportunities to drive innovative change
– The barriers we faced and how we overcame them
Minaxi Mistry
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Equality Leaders
Matt Elliott
Chief People Officer
Bank of Ireland
Deirdre Gavin
HR Director &
Head of I&D
Bank of Ireland
Michael McLoughlin
Head of Mobile Salesforce
Bank of Ireland
Nonsi Mthunzi
Credit Policy & Impairment Oversight Manager
Bank of Ireland
Terry Prone
Chairperson
The Communications Clinic
10:30 - 11:30
Power Panel: Championing success in all its forms
Areas of discussion:
– How we have navigated our way through challenges to come out on top
– How we are paying it forward, putting our platform of privilege to work
– In dialogue about imposter syndrome and changing the narrative
Minaxi Mistry
Founder &
Chief Executive Officer
Joan Myers OBE, QN
Managing Director
Joan Myers Consultancy Limited
Diana Johnson
HRD & Inclusion
East Southern Africa
BAT
Kelly Madeley
Director of Future Skills Career & Talent
Direct Line Group
Ritika Wadhwa
UK Director
Cultural Intelligence Center
11:30 - 11:45
Networking Break
11:45 - 12:45
Equity Panel: Ensuring we leave no woman behind
Areas of discussion:
– How we are disrupting the status quo to enable change, recognising that no two women experience disempowerment in the same way
– Unlearning ”culture-fit” – how meaningful change demands conscious inclusion
– Do identity politics have a place in workspaces
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
Mandeep Rupra
Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Citizens Advice
Sufia Parkar
Inclusion, Equity & Diversity Director
Wunderman Thompson
Sze Hunn Yap
Global Customer
Experience and Marketing
Japan Airlines
12:45 - 12:55
Networking Break
12:55 - 13:55
Real Model Panel: Shifting mindsets and shaping inclusive workplace cultures
Areas of discussion:
– What real models do differently , and can we distil their qualities to become better leaders
– Should we be role-modelling a values-led collaborative leadership approach, and if so what does this look like in practice
– How do we cultivate opportunities to do things differently
– What role doe allies play in creating the change we want to see?
Tim Hardy-Lenik
Director of Inclusion & Workforce Equity
CSG
Monica Rastogi
Regional Director
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
Estee Lauder
Sathya Bala
Founder
My Skin My Story
Silvana Barbali
Director
Learning Experience
2U
Tasneem Bhopalwala
Global D&I Consultant
Oxford University Press
13:55 - 14:05
Networking Break
14:05 - 15:05
Taboo Panel: Centring women's voices and breaking the silence
– How we build inclusive policy and practice without further marginalizing women
– Why we should be openly talking about our family commitments, mental health, menstruation and menopause
– Embracing CQ and EQ as guiding principles in policy and practice
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
Kat Holmes
Data Director, Founder
MenopauseX
Oge Ejizu
Anti-Racism Programme Manager
British Red Cross
Raveena Dhadwal
D&I Engagement & Wellbeing Coordinator
SThree
Shamini Rajan
Inclusion Partner
Aviva
15:05 - 15:15
Closing Remarks & Thank You
Dylan Shimmon
Learning Experience Designer
Equality Leaders
20+ speakers
20+ world-class speakers across multiple business functions
5 panel sessions
Gain insights as speakers share ideas and lived experiences, as we disrupt thinking and have game changing dialogue
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500+ global executives
Over 500 global executives attending, across geographies, sectors and across business functions
Crossing continents
Speaker line up spanning across UK, Europe, Asia & Africa
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