Recording: Lead with Her - Empowered Voices

Lead with Her - Empowered Voices

Event Date: March 14, 2023

In celebration of women’s history month Duke Corporate Education, in partnership with the International Women's Forum United Kingdom, convened a high-impact dialogue of global business women, industry leaders, and changemakers for an in-depth dialogue to embrace equity and empower female leaders.

Entitled Lead with Her - Empowered Voices, our conference aimed to accelerate sustainable change for women in the workplace and broader society. Key topics included Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, the role women play in ESG and Allyship.

Welcome

Bill Boulding - Dean and J.B. Fuqua Professor, Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

Empowered Voices - why Your story matters

Sharmla Chetty - CEO, Duke Corporate Education

Panel 1: lift as you climb - When you win, we win

Julie Goldstein - Global Board Director, International Women’s Forum United Kingdom
Marty Rolle - President, International Women’s Forum United Kingdom
Irene Charnley - President, International Women’s Forum South Africa

CEO Panel: Call to Action - Our time is now

Vishal Patel - President of Global Markets, Duke Corporate Education
Alexandra Altinger - Chief Executive Officer - UK, Europe, Asia, J O Hambro Capital Management
Lillian Barnard - Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft South Africa
Nolitha Fakude - Chair, Anglo American’s Management Board, South Africa

Case study: Towards women's inclusivity in the mining industry

Thabile Makgala - Executive, Eastern Limb, Implats

Panel 2: Where is the W in ESG?

Brian Tippens - SVP and Chief Social Impact Officer, Cisco
Pauline Miller - Chief Equity Officer, dentsu
Anna Stanley-Radière - Director Climate Transparency, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Sindi Mabaso-Koyana - Chairperson, AWCA Investment Holdings

Guest speaker: How to win when you're the only woman in the room

Dame Inga Beale - British Businesswoman, First Female CEO of Lloyds of London & LGBTQ+ Activist

Panel 3: DE&I drives performance - so, what's the hold-up?

Lee-Ann Samuel - Group Executive, People, Implats
Stephanie Werner-Dietz - Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal
Christina Schelling - SVP and Chief Talent & Diversity Officer, Verizon
Kindra Helderle - Associate Director Leadership Development and Head of Women’s Programs, Merck
Laureen Rwatirera - Chief Learning Officer, ASML

Keynote: Modern Misogyny - a toolkit for change

Julia Gillard - First female Prime Minister of Australia, Acclaimed author, IWF International Hall of Fame Inductee

We are honored to feature keynote speaker Julia Gillard, the first female Prime Minister of Australia and acclaimed author. She will discussed her book, Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech.