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Women in
Leadership Forum

Women in Leadership Forum is a flagship forum focusing on empowering women at senior levels.

Focusing on empowering young and senior female leaders, the Women in Leadership Forum has become a flagship event jointly held since 2013 by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and our partners United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

As a platform for empowering female leaders, promoting gender equality in the workplace, celebrating success stories, and offering opportunities to create positive change, the Women in Leadership Forum offers unique insights from distinguished leaders like Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook’s COO), Barbara Woodward (Former British Ambassador to China), Jan Adams (Former Australian Ambassador to China) and Jean Liu (President of Didi Chuxing Technology Co), among many others.

86

Speakers
from 12 countries

2000₊

Offline participants

1/3

Participants are director-lever & above

2M₊

Unique viewers online

120₊

Chinese and global media attended

1500₊

Media
coverage

Past Speakers

Sheryl Sandberg

COO of Facebook and Founder of Leanin.org

Barbara Woodward

Former British Ambassador to China

Jan Adams

Former Australian Ambassador to China

Clare Fearnley

Ambassador of New Zealand to China

Helena Sangeland

Ambassador of Sweden to China

Asa Torkelsson

Former Regional Advisor on Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Gabrielle Williams

Minister for Women, Minister for Youth, Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Victorian State Government of Australia

XIANG Bing

Founding Dean, Professor of China Business and Globalization at CKGSB

Jean Liu

President of Didi Chuxing Technology Co., CKGSB Alumna

Yang Lan

Prominent TV Presenter and Co-founder of Sun Media Group

Li Na

Former Professional Tennis Player, CKGSB Alumna

Wei Sun Christianson

CEO, Morgan Stanley China, Co-CEO Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific

Xiaoping Yang

Former Chairman and President, BP China

Greg Gilligan

Chairman of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and PGA TOUR China Managing Director

Gill Zhou

Chief Marketing Officer, IBM APAC & Greater China Group, CKGSB Alumna

Shirley Chen

Managing Director, China International Capital Corporation Limited, Executive Chairwomen, CICC Investment Management Committee, CKGSB Alumna

All Speakers

2019 Women in Leadership Forum Summary video

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/4c9fdcb01a11edc6c4/20c4392c06aa9992?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: UK Government in China’s ‘Be Yourself – Pledge for Progress’ Campaign, Barbara Woodward

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/e89ddab9121ee5c960/c0e68e129c0cce9b?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: Gender Equality and Inclusion: What Can Governments Do? Jan Adams

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/189ddab81a11e3c590/0aaca91d8b4a60d3?autoPlay=true

Welcome Remarks, Maria Guimaraes

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/a49ddab91218efca2c/8cb0a34793d466d8?autoPlay=true

Welcome Remarks, Zhou Li

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/e89ddab9121be1c860/c0175208516ecd82?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: When Digital Human Is Coming, Gill Zhou

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/d49ddab9131ee2c45c/b0d3d3662cd5a343?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: Challenges and Trends of Equity Investment, Shirley Chen

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/489ddab81a14e7c0c0/0ab7b2e0fa643924?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: Promoting Philanthropy through Behavioral Science, Zhu Rui

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/a49ddab9121ce2c32c/a1eb52397299d817?autoPlay=true

Keynote Speech: Social Responsibility – Navigating Creative Routes, May Mei

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709ddab9111fe2c2f8/e1cb7205ae0eb1cf?autoPlay=true

Panel Discussion: Public-Private Collaborations Empowering Women

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/1c9ddab91016e3c494/efcfd1443560e8f0?autoPlay=true

Panel Discussion: SHE Changes the World

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709ddab9161eeccaf8/268770a201b197aa?autoPlay=true

Panel Discussion: Heart + Mind = Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/d49ddab9111fe0c55c/a38a3fb75da56361?autoPlay=true

2019 Women in Leadership Forum

Audience 2019 Women in Leadership Forum

Panel 2019 Women in Leadership Forum

Barbara Woodward at 2018 Women in Leadership Forum

2017 Women in Leadership Forum

Asa Torkelsson at 2017 Women in Leadership Forum

Liu Nan at 2017 Women in Leadership Forum

Panel 2017 Women in Leadership Forum

Jean Liu at 2014 Women in Leadership Forum

Xiang Bing at 2014 Women in Leadership Forum

Yang Lan at 2014 Women in Leadership Forum

Sheryl Sandberg at 2013 Women in Leadership Forum

What People Think

The forum like this today, gives us a great opportunity to visibility champion the female leadership, share your perspectives though your real life experiences. I think that is very powerful.

Daisy SHEN

Partner, KPMG Advisory (China) Limited

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709ddab81b10e3c7f8/9b4b941d633de3ec?autoPlay=true

When the business knowledge, business essentials come together with uniqueness of women leadership, this is where I see the most magic is going to happen.

Cindy Mi

Founder & CEO, VIPKID, CKGSB MBA Alumna and CKGSB Chuang Community Student

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/d49ddab81b10e2c35c/e22a8ba8f0916092?autoPlay=true

I think the idea of collaboration and partnership is intrinsically important in this area. And the idea of bringing an internationally recognized institution together with one of the emergent great business schools of the world, this is fantastic.

Tim Payne

Senior Partner & Head of Asia Brunswick

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/709ddab81b17e8cbf8/39b984fdf3a51d7d?autoPlay=true

Stay tuned for the 2021 Women in Leadership Forum

Topics: Sustainability, Healthcare, Technology, Social Innovation

November 2021, Online

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