International Business Conference United Arab Emirates Dubai & Abu Dhabi 215 Park Avenue South Suite 1712 New York, NY 10003 Tel: (212) 533-2141 FWA.org
FWA DELEGATES Stephanie Ackler Managing Director - Investments Wells Fargo Advisors LLC Rosemarie Bonelli Senior Vice President American International Group, Inc. Isabelle Bordas Senior Manager Deloitte & Touche LLP Kathleen Cuocolo Managing Director BNY Mellon Suzanne DiSabato Senior Financial Analyst Federal Reserve Bank of New York Victoria Hartman Senior Portfolio Manager Woodcock Financial Management Company, LLC Anne Izzillo Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Deborah Kaye Managing Director BNY Mellon Jeanie Walls Knigen Senior Investment Consultant First Vice President/Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Mina Baker Knoll President Baker Knoll Consultants Kathy Lajoie Malik President, KLM PM Advantage Consultant Project Manager Maureen W. McCarthy Principal Law Offices of M.W. McCarthy Lisa Mezzetti Partner Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Rose Napoli Christiane Olsen Senior Vice President Investments UBS Financial Services, Inc. Shery Saeed Real Estate Agent Halstead Property Nancy C. Sellar Executive Director Financial Women s Association of New York Aleena R. Shapiro Counsel Hartman & Craven, LLP Richard A. Shapiro Heidi Sheinman Tina Vizzini Asset Manager Casa Di Murano, Inc. Holly Wallace Senior Vice President Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Betsy Werley Executive Director The Transition Network International Women s Day Conference, March 8, 2012, Abu Dhabi
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FWA President, Anne Izzillo, at the FWA delegation s private audience with His Highness Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education Student at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi campus The FWA delegation in front of the Burg Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
HIGHLIGHTS Above: Meeting with women entrepreneurs of the Middle East, moderated by Dipti Thakar, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, Dubai Left: Panel discussion of women CEO s of Dubai s largest family-led companies, moderated by former U.S. Ambassador to the, Marcelle M. Wahba, now Senior Advisor GCC Countries, PineBridge Investments. DUBAI & ABU DHABI COMMITTEE Special thanks to the following members of the FWA and the FWA International Affairs Committee for their valuable ideas and efforts that contributed to the success of this conference. President, FWA Anne Izzillo Chair, 2011 International Conference Isabella Bordas Kathy Lajoie Malik FWA Legal Counsel Linda Lerner Marketing and Communications Lisa Buddenhagen FWA Executive Director Nancy Sellar Briefing Book Editor Sherry Rodriquez Photographers Firstname Lastname Firstname Lastname Reading Material Holly Wallace International Affairs Committee Roe Bonelli Angela Segal Lindsey Hayes Sherry Rodriquez Travel Coordination Natasha VaVerko Phyllis Stoller Al Ain Excursion coordination Jamal Bafagih
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS Fatima Abul Regional Head Corporate Fixed Income Sales BNP Paribas Middle East and Southern Africa Tariq Al Samahiji Chief Executive Officer BNP Paribas Najmah and global Head of BNP Paribas Islamic Finance and Investments Dalya Al Muthanna Senior Market Development Manager, ME Regional Marketing GE Energy Rouda Al Otaiba Diplomat Department of Energy and Climate Change, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ashok Aram Chief Executive Officer Middle East & North Africa Jamal Bafagih Managing Partner and COO Entilaq Aaron Bielenberg Senior Associate Latham & Watkins LLP Michael Carney International Relations Officer Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Dubai, Lucy Chow Founder The Elements Group Sébastien Delasnerie Trade and Investment Promotion Advisor, the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development SPONSORS Serene El-Masri Managing Director Head of Private Wealth Management Middle East & Africa Dina El-Mofty Executive Director Injaz Eqypt Omar Fahoum Chairman of the Board and CEO Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) Rana Ghandour Salhab Regional Talent & Communications Partner Deloitte Middle East Heather Henyon Managing Partner Balthazar Capital Karen Hersey Lawyer Director, Office of Sponsored Programs & Technology Transfer Masdar Institute Mhairi Main Garcia Counsel in the energy, transport and infrastructure department in the Middle East and member of Ashurst's global energy team Pascal Martese Director for Acquisition and Project Finance ACWA Power International Nadeem Masud Chief Country Officer, United Arab Emirates and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Coverage Middle East & North Africa Loukia Papadopoulos Program Manager Clean Energy Business Council Bob Percopo Executive Vice President Project Finance Advisory Services AIG-Chartis Steve Perry Global Head of Project, Aircraft and Shipping Finance Syndications Regional Head of Syndications MEPA (Middle East and Pakistan) Standard Chartered Bank Dr. Nasser H. Saidi Chief Economist Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority Shimi Shah Director Carousel Solutions FZ-LLC Tanya Spencer Chief of the Political/Economic Section Acting Consul General during time of Conference Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Dubai, Justin Stearns Assistant Professor in Arab Crossroads Studies, NYUADB.A. Dartmouth College; Ph.D. Princeton University Paul Venn Executive Director, Communications twofour54 Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba Senior Advisor-GCC Countries PineBridge Investments Anna Waterhouse Head of Legal & Compliance Middle East & North Africa Michael Whitwell President Chartis Central Region The Financial Women s Association wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the following sponsors for their support of its 2011 international conference in Brazil. American Chamber of Commerce in Abu Dhabi BNP Paribas Chartis, Inc. (AIG) Deloitte Department of Economic Development Dubai International Financial Center Latham & Watkins LLP Masdar NYU Abu Dhabi PineBridge Investments twofour54 Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Wells Fargo Advisors Zayed University
CONTRIBUTORS The Financial Women s Association wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the following individuals and government officials who generously donated their time and resources to planning this conference. BNP Paribas Simone Vinocour, managing director Middle East Jean-Christophe Durand, Regional Director GCC Nancy Marquez, Regional Human Resources Director Chartis George Stratts, President Global Property Sandra Kapell, Senior Vice President, Head of Chartis Human Resources Victoria Martin, Chief Diversity Officer Bob Percopo, Executive Vice President, Global Energy Karen O Reilly, Program Director Global Property Josefina Garza-Zavaleta, Vice President Global Marketing Distribution Central Region Mike Whitwell, President, Central Region, Chartis Inc. Pam Sacree, Human Resources, Central Region Alessandro Cesare, Regional Vice President Energy, Central Region Richard Schofield, Regional Vice President Marketing, Central Region Dawn Miller, Head of Distribution, Central Region Jihan Lasheen, Office of the President Deloitte & Touche Susan Esper, Partner Middle East Rana Salhab, Partner Nada Haddad, Senior Manager Mark Chamberlain, Head of Diversity, Americas Martyn Bagnall, Head of HR Middle East & Africa Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Pramila Fernandes, Executive Marketing and Membership Dr. Nasser Saidi, DIFC Chief Economist Etihad Airways Mansoor Al Mansoor, Manager, Business Development North America Peter Root, Senior Sales Executive Latham & Watkins Trina dinapoli, Global Client Programs Manager Laura Laakso, Business Development Coordinator Alice Marsden, Associate Melissa Pasha, Business Development Senior Coordinator Dipti Thakar, Counsel Kathryn Tschumper, Middle East Business Development Manager Masdar - Omar Zaafrani, Senior Analyst, Strategic Partnerships PineBridge Investments Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Senior Advisor, PineBridge Investments, New York Susan Elashmawy, Regional Director of Business Development PineBridge Investments, Dubai Kate Hudson, Vice President, Head of Marketing & Communications PineBridge Investments, London Marjoleine Buker, Office Manager/Executive Assistant PineBridge Investments, Dubai Twofour54 Tyna Koutrouza, Executive Assistant to Noura al Kaabi Paul Venn, Head of Communications Wells Fargo Advisors Stephanie Ackler GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development Sébastien Delasnerie, Trade and Investment Promotion Advisor Dubai Department of Tourism Brittany Rustman, Manager Jessica Herring, DTCM Manager Alba M. Hotchkiss, Director U.S. State Department Michael Carney, International Relations Officer, Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Richard Eason, Economic Officer, Embassy of the United States, Abu Dhabi Patrick Fischer, Desk Office Atalla Hoshan, Media Advisor at US embassy in Helen G. LaFave, Deputy Director Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs U.S. State Department Justin Siberell, Consul General, Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Tanya Spencer, Chief of the Political/ Economic Section and Acting Consul General during time of Conference, Consulate General of the United States of America, Dubai Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington DC Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Dima Alfaham, Chief of Staff, Office of the Ambassador Talal Al Kaissi, Chief of Staff & Advisor to the Commercial Counselor, Trade and Commercial Office Dana Al Marashi, Head of Heritage and Social Affairs Department Sara Belobaida Catherine Muth NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NYU Leigh Watts, Administrative Manager NYU Abu Dhabi Lily U. Burns-Hernandez, Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor Clodagh Girvan, Executive Assistant Justin Stearns, Assistant Professor in Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi Zayed University His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, President of Zayed University and U.A.E. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Maryls Berg, Director of Admin, VP Office INDIVIDUALS Lily Klebanoff Blake, Klebanoff International Patti Domm, CNBC Adrienne Glasgow, American Lung Association Mohamed E. Nassar, Business Anchor / Correspondent, Alhurra Mary Tanaskovic Bitting, NYUAA Director