Title: Charting Business Success by Empowering Female Leaders
Date: Oct 23 (Thursday), 2024
Venue: Shanghai, China
Organizer: CKGSB
With the participation of UNGC
As the tides of change continue to surge, female leaders are not only driving social progress but are also key innovators and visionaries within family businesses and established corporations, bridging tradition and transformation.
Family businesses are vital pillars of both Chinese and global economies, directly impacting prosperity and stability worldwide. Female successors, positioned at the intersection of heritage and modernity, face unprecedented challenges and opportunities. They are tasked with upholding family legacies while demonstrating sharp insight, exceptional leadership, and innovative thinking in a rapidly changing market landscape. Understanding how women excel in family businesses reveals insights into sustainable growth and future success.
Despite their growing presence, women’s paths to leadership across businesses remain fraught with obstacles. The scarcity of high-quality opportunities and hidden barriers to advancement in both large and mid-sized companies are challenges that urgently need to be addressed. Elevating women’s leadership is about more than breaking gender barriers; it is about building a more inclusive, diverse, and resilient business ecosystem. When women’s voices are truly heard and their talents fully realized, both businesses and society thrive, leading us all to a more prosperous future.
We believe that the success stories of female successors in family businesses and those in established, multinational companies will set powerful examples to inspire women to step into leadership roles. At the same time, the support and empowerment from the business community will lay a strong foundation for enhancing women’s leadership, collectively charting the course for future success.
On October 23, join us in Shanghai at the 2024 Women in Leadership Forum to hear the insights and wisdom of global female leaders as we explore how to empower women amidst today’s transformative times and craft a brighter, more successful future together.
Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China on 16 January 2021 and is the designated representative of – and reports to – the UN Secretary General. He presented his letter of credence to the President of China on 14 April 2021.
Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination and peace and security in the United Nations and the Red Cross movement. He has served in many fragile and war-torn countries all over the world.
A 3 times TEDx speaker, he is a regular opinion contributor on humanitarian and development issues for a range journals which includes Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Huffington Post, Forbes, CNN, Al Jazeera, the Guardian as well as of late he has also published in mainstream Chinese journals.
Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University in the United States of America.
Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3803
E-mail: htli@ckgsb.edu.cn
Dean, Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, and 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, Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, and 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.
Ms. Meng Liu currently leads the China Office of the UN Global Compact. She joined the United Nations in 2007 at UN-OHRLLS, then served the Global Compact in New York and Beijing for nearly two decades including roles as Regional Head for Asia. Prior to the United Nations, her experiences include the Asia Foundation and World Resources Institute focusing on climate change and Environment.
She graduated from University of San Francisco with a master degree in International Development Economics and was an Asian Fellow with Harvard Kennedy School and US Business Law Fellow with Columbia Law School. Book Author of Responsibility Changes the World-UN Global Compact Leading Business Revolution Worldwide.
She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015 and Top 10 Chinese Women with brand impact in 2021. A member of Global Future Council on Frontier Risks.
In 2024, She launched and hosted ESG+20 Sustainable Leadership Dialogue with leading CEOs from China, reaching millions of stakeholders to raise awareness and inspire actions on corporate sustainability and the SDGs.
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Associate Dean for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity, Executive Academic Director for Executive Education and 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, Executive 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
Rui (Juliet) Zhu is Professor of Marketing, Director of Center for ESG and Social Innovation and Member of the Board of Supervisors of the Cheung Kong Education Development Foundation at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Prior to joining CKGSB, Juliet was associate professor of marketing, and Canada Research Chair in consumer behavior at the University of British Columbia (BC, Canada) and assistant professor of marketing at Rice University (USA). She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Minnesota in 2003.
Prof. Zhu’s research interests center on behavioral science, social innovation, and brand management. Her research has been published in top journals, such as Science, Journal of Consumer Research, and Journal of Marketing Research. She currently serves as associate editor for the Journal of Marketing. She has published two books, “Enterprises of the Future: A Three-step Approach for Sustainable Business” in 2020, and “Logic of Decision: Behavioral Psychology in Everyday Life” in 2022.
The forum will provide ample opportunity for participants to connect, collaborate, and forge meaningful relationships through networking sessions and interactive discussions.
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