2023 Women in Leadership Forum
Empowering African Women: A Transcontinental Approach from Africa and China

Name: Isabel Mayza Jesus da Graca Domingos
Nationality: Sao Tome and Principe
Training: Modern Languages and Literatures
Function exercised as:
Member of the National Assembly
Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs
Member of the Parliamentary Women’s Network
Advice to the Office of the Prime Minister
Mayor of Me-Zochi
Teacher of Portuguese Language

Mrs. Maria Gustava, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to the People’s Republic of China, with concurrent accreditation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. She is a career diplomat with the category of Ambassador, who joined the Ministry of Foreign and Cooperation in 1989. Since then, she has assumed various positions in the Ministry and abroad, namely: Head of Department for Multilateral Economic Relations, Deputy Head of the Mission in South Africa, Deputy Director General for International Organizations and Conferences, Deputy Director General for Studies Planning and Information and Director General for Asia and Oceania. Before her appointment to China, she was the Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique in Indonesia with multiple accreditations to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.

Ambassador Gustava, holds a Master’s degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade, from Monash University, Australia, in 1997. She obtained Honors Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, from the Higher Institute for International Relations, in Mozambique, in 1991. She speaks fluently Portuguese, English and Changana and understands French and Spanish.

Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3803
E-mail: htli@ckgsb.edu.cn

Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, Associate Dean for Degree Programs, Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and the Development Foundation, Director of the Family Business Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Yale University

Areas of Expertise: Asset Pricing, Continuous-Time Finance, Credit Risk, Financial Engineering and Derivatives, Financial Management, Hedge Funds, Insurance, Investment, Option Pricing, Term Structure

Biography

Dr Li Haitao is the Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, Associate Dean for Degree Programs, Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and the Development Foundation, Director of the Family Business Research Center at CKGSB. Previously, he was the Jack D. Sparks Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor in the Finance Department of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He also served on the faculty of the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Dr Li serves on the editorial boards of Management Science (the Department of Finance) and the International Review of Finance. Dr Li holds a PhD in Finance from Yale University.

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Li Yi is CEO and co-founder at FarmWorks, an agri-tech startup based in Kenya.

Prior to starting FarmWorks, she was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and served Fortune 500 and international organizations in US, Asia, and Africa.

Irene Marina is a dynamic Product Owner at Safari Wallet, a key player in the Travel Fintech Marketplace, reshaping the landscape of finance and travel. With a focus on leveraging technology to empower women in finance and travel. A driving force behind innovative solutions in the industry. Honing her skills, showcasing expertise in product development and strategic leadership.

Hannah Ryder is the Founder & CEO of Development Reimagined. A former diplomat and economist with 20 years of experience, named one of 100 most influential Africans in 2021, she is also Senior Associate for the Africa Program of the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), sits on the Board of the Environmental Defence Fund, and is a member of UAE’s International Advisory Council on the New Economy. Prior to her role at DR, Ms Ryder led the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s work with China to help it scale up and improve its cooperation with other developing countries, including in Africa. She has also played various advisory roles for the UN and OECD and co-authored the seminal Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change in 2006.

Professor of Strategy and Economics, Associate Dean for Global Programs, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD. Princeton University

Areas of Expertise: Economics of Strategy and Organization, China Business and Economy, International Economics

Email：zgtao@ckgsb.edu.cn

Zhigang TAO is Professor of Strategy and Economics at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. He taught at University of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2021, and at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1992 to 1998. Professor Tao received his B.Sc. in management science from Fudan University in 1986, and PhD in economics from Princeton University in 1992. He has published in various economics and management journals, and his work has been widely cited.

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• H.E. Ms. OLIVER WONEKHA
• Born in 1951
• Mother of 3 daughters
• Holder of Bachelor and Diploma in Education
• Worked in the Coffee Industry for 20years
• Was a member of Ugandan Parliament for 10Years
• Served as a Ugandan Ambassador, Extraordinary &
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uganda, to the United States
of America from 2013-2017
• Served as a Ugandan Ambassador, Extraordinary &
Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Rwanda, from
2017-2022
• Currently a Ugandan Ambassador, Extraordinary &
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uganda, to the People’s
Republic of China 2022
• Passionate about helping the underserved especially women,
children, and people with disability

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Associate Dean for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity, Academic Director for Executive Education, Director of the Research Center for Leadership, Behavioral Science & Inclusivity, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, the R.H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park

Areas of Expertise: Corporate Governance, Creativity and Innovation, C-suite Motivation, Empowerment, Interactional Relationships, Leadership, Leader Support, Motivation

Biography

Professor Zhang Xiaomeng is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Associate Dean for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity, Academic Director for Executive Education, and Director of the Research Center for Leadership, Behavioral Science & Inclusivity at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining CKGSB, she was a tenured Associate Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington DC. Her research interests are in the areas of creativity, leadership and motivation, with a desire to understand the relationships between all those areas.

Professor Zhang has published articles in multiple top academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies and Human Resource Management Review.

Professor Zhang has taught Principles of Management, Organizational Behavior, Management of Organization and Human Capital, Business Policies, International Business Practices in China, and HR Management. She earned a BA with emphasis in Economics and Business Administration from Sun Yat-sen University, China and a PhD in Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management from the R.H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park with a Paine Award for outstanding academic achievement and several teaching awards.

“Highly Cited Chinese Researchers of 2020” by Elsevier

“Highly Cited Chinese Researchers of 2019” by Elsevier

Special column of the Research Centre of Leadership, Behavioral Science & Psychology (Chinese & English)