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London, UK December 8, 2016

Dr Rita Rakus

MEDIA PARTNERS Accountable Leadership. Women’s Empowerment. Youth Development.

lobal Thinkers Forum (GTF) is a global platform that brings together a diverse network of thought leaders to share their visions of the future, create meaningful conversations Garound them and effect positive change in the world. GTF’s mission focuses on three areas: accountable leadership, women’s empowerment and youth development. GTF is also a bridge-builder, creating opportunities for knowledge exchange, collaboration, strategic philanthropy and recognition. The Forum is non-profit, London-based and was incubated at Oxford University’s Said Business School in 2011.

GTF launched officially in 2012 in Amman, Jordan, under the patronage of Queen Rania Al Abdullah and has partnered with some of the world’s top brands, organisations and foundations. It features a prestigious Advisory Board with high-profile thought leaders and decision makers from over 20 countries. GTF organises a wide range of activities including seminars, fora, roundtable discussions, workshops, networking events, mentoring programmes and an annual Awards Ceremony.

GTF in Numbers 2012 – 2016

• GTF launched in 2012 in Amman, Jordan, • More than 100 speakers under the patronage of Her Majesty • 4 GTF Awards Galas Queen Rania • 40 Awards of Excellence in 4 years • 6 countries (UK, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, UAE, Saudi Arabia) • More than 1,500 participants convened, learned, networked • Advisory Board Members from 20+ countries • 5 annual publications • 24 Events (fora, awards ceremonies, work- • 30 participating countries shops, roundtables) • Mentors from 14 countries 5 • Annual GTF events • Mentees from 13 countries 2 • Angel Investors events (Jordan, UAE) • 100+ Young Professionals and Entrepre- • 16 workshops (Greece, UAE, Jordan, Saudi neurs directly benefitted from the GTF Arabia) network

GLOBAL THINKERS FORUM 2016 Table of Contents

Strategic Philanthropy & Developing a Giving Sustainable Investing for the Environment Culture, Elizabeth Filippouli, Founder & CEO, & Society, Martina Macpherson, Managing Global Thinkers Forum Partner, SI Partners, Head of Sustainability Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and Successful Philanthropy Endeavours Need Chairperson, GTF Non-Executive Directors Collaboration and Acknowledgment, Coline Board Houssais, Director of Studies & Publications and London Bureau Chief, Thinkers & Doers Financial Literacy is the Solution, Özlem Denizmen, Founder and Chairman, FODER Today’s Philanthropy is Evolving, Armand (Financial Literacy and Inclusion Association) Arton, Esq., Founder & President, Arton Capital, Founder, Global Citizen Forum, Don’t be Afraid to Ask Questions, Shahira Founder & Trustee, Global Citizen Foundation Amin, Award-Winning Egyptian Journalist

Philanthropic Giving in Africa, Michael E. Entrepreneurship is Not a Man’s Business Economakis, Executive Vice Chairman/ in Turkey, Demet Özdemir, EMEIA (Europe, CEO, AG Leventis (Plc) Nig Middle East, India and Africa) Growth Markets Leader, EY Al Hasaniya: Supporting and Empowering Women for Thirty Years, Souad Talsi MBE, The Role of Women is Imperative for Peace, Founder, Al Hasaniya Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Founder Chairman, Arab International Women Forum, and Jordanian Youth Has Big Dreams, Ibrahim Gambari, Co-Chair, Commission on Abdelrahman AlSaifi, Mentee from Jordan Global Security, Justice & Governance of the 2016 GTF Mentoring Programme

The Growth of Philanthropy, John Baguley, Sustainable Energy Can Deliver Wealth CEO, International Fundraising Consultancy for the World’s Poorest, Max Höchsmann, Mentee from Germany of the 2016 GTF Powerful Women - A Global Perspective, Mentoring Programme Sharon Shweitzer, Cross-Cultural Consultant Biopolicy - Inspired Enterpreneurship, and International Protocol Expert, Protocol Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, President, and Etiquette Worldwide LLC Biopolitics International Organisation

I am a World Citizen and a Global Soul, We Should Support Innovation in Business, Elif Shafak, Author Zeynep Bodur Okyay, President and CEO, Kale Group Influencing with Impact and Integrity, Lucian J. Hudson, GTF Advisory Board GTF 2016 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE member, Chair-Elect of Earthwatch Europe and Director of Communications, The Open GTF Advisory Board & Global Growth Board University GTF NED Board & Executive Team Know your Priorities to Achieve Work-Life Balance, Lorraine Hariton, Senior Adviser for Looking Ahead to 2017 Global Business Partnerships, Transnational Strategy Group Special Thanks outh Development.

ARTICLE By Elizabeth Filippouli Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers Forum STRATEGIC omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s PHILANTHROPY & DEVELOPING A GIVING CULTURE A ccountable Leadership. W 8 he word ‘Philanthropy’ global wealth; the opening-up of po- comes from the Greek litical space; the shifting roles of the words ‘philos’ (friend) and state, market, and civil society; and the T word ‘anthropos’ (human increased visibility of philanthropy and being). Our world needs currently more its influential leaders. Our world moves individuals and organisations who are towards more strategic giving. ready to act out of concern towards humanity. Successful philanthropic endeavours have something in common: they are The good news is that this can have tax built steadily over time. The impact and commercial benefits too. And there ultimately comes, not just from which is nothing bad about that at all - Let organisations receive funding, but also us get rid of the cliché that philanthro- the development of positive, lasting pists make donations to avoid taxation. relationships between companies and For, even if they do, their donations still their communities. That is also called benefit tremendously those who are in ‘Stakeholder Bonding’ and that can need. create an ecosystem of close collaboration, mutual support and develop- So, ‘Strategic Philanthropy’ is the prac- ment. When sizing up a non-profit or a tice of companies by which they target cause, use similar basic criteria that an their respective charitable and philan- investor would for a for-profit venture: thropic activities around a specific is- Take a close look at the organisation’s sue or cause that will, in turn, support leadership, programmes, activities, and their own business objectives. strengths, as well as the risks associated. Do due diligence by assessing In association with the growth of insti- their track record and financial stabil- tutional philanthropy, there is move- ity. Philanthropists are most effective ment, albeit relatively slow, away from traditional charitable giving to more and successful when their charitable strategic giving aimed at achieving giving reflects their personal philos- significant social change. Private and ophies. Knowing what they want to corporate foundations are seeking to achieve with their giving enables them address complex economic and social to set standards for how to achieve it. challenges, and the underlying causes Successful philanthropists are able to of poverty and inequities. translate their giving philosophy into specific strategies and thereby accom- The term ‘impact investment’ is rel- plish their short- and long-term goals. atively new. Impact investments are investments made into companies, Finally, if you are wondering about organisations and funds with the in- measuring the impact of your philan- tention to generate social or environ- thropic giving or how to select an or- mental impact alongside a financial ganisation worth-supporting, I would return (ROI). Currently, institutional suggest five questions to consider: philanthropy is on the rise around the globe. While the factors influencing 1. How do I define my charitable success? this growth vary from region to region and country to country, among the key Identify philanthropic goals and how you forces are the enormous increase in will measure progress and achievement.

9 2. How does philanthropy fit into my 5. How do I evaluate and monitor overall financial plans? non-profit organisations?

Determine if the most beneficial time When you select a cause, you are not to give is now, later, or year-end. Con- simply giving money; you are aligning sider your assets and how they are al- yourself with its mission and values. located in your financial portfolio, and Pick organisations that fit within your identify which assets are most tax-ef- overall philosophy and strategic plans, fective to donate. both in how you identify with the cause and their practicality. 3. Whom do I involve in my philanthropy? As a closure to this article, I would Reflect on whom you want to include in like to highlight the visionary work of your philanthropy and to what extent, as a great philanthropist, the late Ami- well as how they will affect your goals. ra Binkaram, Chairperson of Sharjah Business Women’s Council. Ameera, 4. What giving tool is best? who was lost prematurely in 2016, was a unique advocate of women’s em- Choosing a giving tool to help you with powerment and a role model for her your philanthropic strategy can be dif- hard work and dedication to positive ficult. Focus your decision-making pro- change. May she RIP. We salute her and cess on what best supports your pref- thank her for the legacy she is leaving erences and giving goals. behind.

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ARTICLE By Coline Houssais Director of Studies & Publications and London Bureau Chief, Thinkers & Doers SUCCESSFUL

PHILANTHROPY Empowerment. Y omen’s ENDEAVOURS NEED COLLABORATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A ccountable Leadership. W 11 ast year, Thinkers & Doers Despite a very old and deeply rooted initiated a vast consultation tradition of giving, a structured and im- spanning the entire Arab pact-oriented approach to charity has L region to assess the main only recently emerged in Arab countries. trends of philanthropy and contribute As a result, philanthropy has been the to its development by addressing the subject of surprisingly few studies, al- obstacles it currently faces. As such, it though many of the individuals inter- intended to raise awareness regard- viewed by Thinkers & Doers have been ing the contribution impact-oriented involved in philanthropic activities for philanthropy can make to development decades. The first comprehensive re- and pay tribute to the endeavours of port on the subject was published in philanthropists worldwide. 2008 by Dr. Ibrahim and D. Sharif under the title “From Charity to Social Change: Based in Paris, and with offices in Dubai Trends in Arab Philanthropy”. More re- and London, Thinkers & Doers, having cently, Philanthropy Age launched its been formally created in 2013, is a new- Arab Giving Survey. Other publications comer in the field of organisations that are issued by financial institutions that support innovative thinking & doing as recently incorporated the Middle East in a bridge between Europe, the Middle their scope of study, such as BNP Pari- East and North Africa. Despite its recent bas Individual Philanthropy Index and beginnings, it nonetheless boasts some Coutts Million Dollar Donor Report. impressive achievements such as the organisation of its inaugural two-day As a result, Thinkers & Doers’ initia- forum at the Institut du Monde Arabe tive was particularly well welcomed by in Paris in January 2015, which gathered donors and philanthropy profession- 1600 participants (including business als alike, and has issued a number of leaders, diplomats, journalists, decision analyses that include the five following makers, civil society activists, entre- points: preneurs and artists) and 88 speakers from across the world to discuss topics 1) Philanthropy is a phenomenon en- such as social entrepreneurship, cul- compassing individuals from all paths ture, women, energies and cities. French of life, which shows that there is a po- President François Hollande opened the tential to enlarge the donor panel and forum that ended with a gala dinner at use giving as a way to empower com- the Quai d’Orsay. A round of regional munities worldwide. conferences followed in Tunis, Dubai and Bahrain. 2) As the traditional heads of the household, men seem to give more Entitled “Giving for Good in the Middle than women. However, working and East & North Africa”, the consultation non-working women represent the reached out to the most dedicated and greater share of volunteers and em- visionary leaders in the field of philan- ployees in charity organisations. thropy not only in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi 3) Although health and education re- Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE and Qa- main the most popular causes among tar, but also in Europe (France, Belgium, donors, a growing trend among the United Kingdom), the United States philanthropists prioritises issues and Singapore. such as employment and entrepre-

12 neurship, especially among the youth will take place in London this year. This and women. exciting event will be the occasion for Thinkers & Doers to formally unveil in 4) Another key field in the future is the exclusivity the findings of the study in research and exploitation of data front of a committed audience and call pertaining to philanthropy in the re- for better collaboration, sharing of good gion. It is essential that locally based practices and rationalization of philan- organisations own these data and be- thropy. “Giving for Good in the Middle come the focus point for giving-relat- East and North Africa” will be available ed research in Arab countries. later on on Thinkers & Doers’ website. At Thinkers & Doers, we are extremely 5) Despite recent improvements, a signif- honoured to be associated to the GTF icant amount still needs to be done Awards this year and look forward to in order to ensure that all donors are increasing our collaboration with the aware of the necessity of impact giving Global Thinkers Forum in the years to in order to shift the focus from the act come. of giving to tangible results. This aim will be achieved through three points: In parallel, Thinkers & Doers has mass awareness, institutionalization launched its new cycle of activities en- & professionalization of philanthropy titled “Connecting Cities, Connecting and better practice sharing between Innovative Forces” during a conference philanthropy institutions. on May 20th in Paris. This cycle includes the creation of “Mapping Innov’action” A similarity of vision for long-term and a barometer of innovative communities comprehensive development as well as in 20 territories worldwide. Thinkers & a strong common desire to acknowl- Doers’ next consultation will concern edge the efforts made by leading phil- the employment of women in the Arab anthropic figures led Thinkers & Doers world. For more information about how to partner with Global Thinkers Forum to support this initiative or take part in for the GTF 2016 Awards for Excellence in it please contact ch@thinkers-doers. Philanthropy and Positive Change that com.

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INTERVIEW Armand Arton, Esq. Founder & President, Arton Capital, Founder, Global Citizen Forum, Founder & Trustee, Global Citizen Foundation

omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s TODAY’S PHILANTHROPY IS EVOLVING A ccountable Leadership. W 14 Q: Tell us about your story and profes- and various clients we decided that sional background in your own words. there needed to be a platform of media that describes what it means to be A: My personal and professional back- a Global Citizen in today’s world. While grounds are crossing paths and what I I’m privileged to work with this 0.1% of do today is the result of my personal the wealthy migrants, who are moving experience that has affected my choic- from one country to another by making es in my life and career. I am Armenian investments and generating billions of by decent so for generations my family dollars of revenues for the economies, has been moving from one country to we need to implement a higher impact another. I grew up in Canada where I on the other 99.9% of the migrants, a graduated and discovered how Cana- big number of which are refugees. This da integrates migrants from different is how the Global Citizen Forum last ethnicity that have a right to different year was focused on the impact that paths. Canada is one of the most wel- this 0.1% of wealthy migrants can have coming countries to migration. I start- on the refugee crisis in Europe and we ed my career in the financial sector in had people like Kofi Annan, José Man- a program attracting high net worth uel Barroso, Wyclef Jean, Prime Minis- investors allowing foreign families to ters of countries, Ministers of Migration, invest in the country. These invest- Policy making and more. And we have ments support SMEs, which represent a magazine, which as well goes every 40% of the Canadian economy. Ten two months to the same audience of years ago, I started my own investment global thinkers and influencers, called Armand Arton, Esq. firm, I became one of the partners in Global Citizen. While we work on a dai- Founder & President, Arton Capital, Founder, Global Citizen Forum, a private-public partnership with the ly basis with clients and governments, Founder & Trustee, Global Citizen Foundation government on this program and from we believe that through media, social there onwards over the last 5 years media, events and the magazine we we diversified and took this Canadian can spread the message to the larger know-how to many other countries in- audience, raising awareness on global ternationally. We currently work with citizenship issues and opportunities nine governments including Hungary, that exist. Cyprus, Bulgaria and some Caribbean islands that have economic citizenship Q: Why do you think that Philanthropy programs, such as Antigua, Saint Lucia, is necessary in our day and age? Dominica and Grenada. In summary, today I spend most of my time work- A: Today’s philanthropy is evolving. ing with governments on defining poli- Hopefully it will be disrupted by tech- cies and strategies on how to optimize nology in the same way as all industries the legislations in the programs and have been disrupted to increase impact. attract the kind of investors and mi- Even though there is a large pool of do- grants they want in order to have the nations done worldwide, a lot of them bigger impact on their economies and are incentivised from tax perspective to social contribution. push people to give more. This is what countries from the developing world are Q: How and why did you decide to doing by giving the tax incentive to dona- launch Global Citizen? tions. The other challenge is with money that is gathered through philanthropy – A: While working with governments how the impact can be multiplied. Hav-

15 ing foundations with billions of dollars Q: Do you see any new trends rising in in their bank accounts is not philanthro- the philanthropic arena? py. So, it is what you do with this money and how you change lives that define A: The reports, which we are going to the next generation of philanthropists. launch as of next month, show that the In our case, again we are trying to create emerging markets are catching up in be- something called the Global Citizen Tax, coming a more important factor in the where we are working with governments international philanthropic arena. All to implement something where when a emerging markets from Asia to Middle person invests in a country for second East and from Eastern Europe to Africa, residence or citizenship and he is very produce a new generation of wealth. wealthy we want to have a forced tax of These new entrepreneurs, new families, 2% on the investment that will go into must be taught how to become philan- a direct refugee European venture fund. thropists, how to give back. We believe This initiative initially will be focused on that philanthropists are going to come the European Union, where it is easier from these places more so than from to implement such legislation. Today traditional markets like North America we have 8 countries that are receiving or Europe. I think education and kids’ investors and most of these countries migration are topics that will be most- are the same that are receiving the ref- ly encouraged by philanthropists in the ugees, but while the investments in the next decade. If we want to fight terror- programs generate money for the differ- ism then this will be more successfully ent sectors, a very small percentage of done through education, by providing this goes back to the refugee programs. those kids with the right educational About one billion euros can be contrib- tools, giving them the right choices to uted over the next 3-4 years for the ref- make at early life. It is a long investment ugees and Europe needs that money for for a good cause. integration.

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ARTICLE By Demet Özdemir EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) Growth Markets Leader, EY

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Empowerment. Y omen’s IS NOT A MAN’S BUSINESS IN TURKEY A ccountable Leadership. W 17 ow can we make win- the major city of Istanbul and that figure ning women out of falls even lower – to 8% – in rural areas. Turkey’s female entrepreneurs? The World Bank believes that female H Turkish entrepreneurs have the potential As we know, Turkey to contribute $4 bn. more to the country’s had a very busy year in 2015. Not only did economy than they already do. Unfortu- the country host the world’s most im- nately, however, they are held back by portant leaders in politics, big business cultural stereotypes, a lack of access to and entrepreneurship at the G20, B20 funding and inadequate education. and G20 YEA Summits, it also took center stage in global discussions on how to While female entrepreneurs in other speed up the process of achieving gen- countries face similar challenges, these der parity. challenges have a greater impact in Turkey due to the country’s particularly Accordingly, it hosted the launch of the pronounced gender gap. On the World W20, a taskforce that is engaging the Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap In- G20 to achieve global growth through dex 2015, Turkey ranks 130 on a list of 145 the economic empowerment of women. countries. Furthermore, it was the setting for EY’s pioneering Women3.The Power of Three So, how can we support female Turkish forum. This forum, which is part of EY’s entrepreneurs to scale up their busi- Women. Fast Forward global platform, nesses in order to boost the country’s brought together business, entrepre- GDP and fulfill their true potential? neurial and government leaders from over 20 countries to create practical, but Action no 1 - Tackle cultural misconcep- powerful solutions aimed at narrowing tions the economic gap between men and women. Entrepreneurship is not just a man’s business in Turkey – or in any other At EY, we want to explore the challenges country for that matter. that female entrepreneurs in Turkey are facing and help find ways of address- Therefore, we need to confront the mis- ing them because we know that Turkey’s conceptions about female entrepreneurs community of female entrepreneurs is a that exist in Turkey – the misconceptions huge mine of untapped economic poten- that entrepreneurship isn’t a suitable oc- tial. cupation for a woman and that if they are going to be entrepreneurs, they can only The $4 bn. opportunity do it in certain sectors such as banking and textiles. Role models are crucial to In theory, female-owned businesses rep- overcoming these misconceptions. resent 40% of Small and Medium-sized Women make very good entrepreneurs Enterprises (SMEs) in Turkey, according to in each and every sector – as long as the World Bank. Unfortunately, in prac- they have the passion and vision for tice, much of this ‘ownership’ is on pa- what they are doing. The government per only. According to the Turkish Wom- and large corporates can support female en Entrepreneurs’ Association, KAGIDER, entrepreneurs by adopting procurement women lead just 20% of businesses in policies where they buy a certain amount

18 of goods and services from female-led EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ businesses. program can put female entrepreneurs in touch with finance providers and oth- Action no 2 – Enable female entrepre- er entrepreneurs, teaching them how to neurs to get access to funding manage their businesses strategically, and assisting them with scaling up. Female entrepreneurs in Turkey – like female entrepreneurs in many countries Through EY’s Winning Women program, – find it a struggle to access funding. Re- we want to increase the number of search by the Organization for Economic large-scale enterprises that are led by Cooperation and Development in 2016 women or where women have an ac- found that just 12% of Turkish women tive decision-making and management said that access to money was not a bar- role. rier to starting a business – compared with 21% of men. Hope for the future

When they start their businesses, fe- Turkey is home to some of the world’s male Turkish entrepreneurs often use most exciting female entrepreneurs. EY their own savings or borrow money from wants to enable them to succeed and friends and family. Consequently, they to act as role models to other women, need to be educated in how they can which is why it has brought its Winning use third-party funding sources to grow Women program to the country. In ad- their businesses and they need support dition to Turkey, we are also expanding to overcome prejudices that borrowing the program through the EMEIA region money is very risky. to Europe, the Middle East and India.

Turkish female entrepreneurs also need It is my great wish that, through this mentorship and advice to help them to program, we can support talented fe- allocate capital within their businesses. male entrepreneurs all around the Capital is very precious, yet capital with- world to grow their businesses and to out mentorship can be easily lost. make an even bigger contribution to the economies and societies where Action no 3 – Educate female entrepre- they live. neurs in the fundamentals of running a business To find out more about EY’s Winning Women program in Turkey, see www. Upscaling a business is a challenge, ey.com/tr/eww so female Turkish entrepreneurs need education on how they can grow their To find out more about Women. Fast for- businesses, manage their businesses, ward, EY’s global platform to accelerate undertake financial planning and con- the achievement of global gender parity, nect with funders and mentors. see www.ey.com/womenfastforward

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ARTICLE

By Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Founder Chairman, Arab International Women Forum

and Ibrahim Gambari, Co-Chair, Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s THE ROLE OF WOMEN IS IMPERATIVE FOR PEACE A ccountable Leadership. W 20 Security Council Res- Today, only two of twenty-two UN Un- olution 1325 (adopted der-Secretaries-General are women, and in 2000) recognized, in UN Missions, women make up less for the first time, the than one-third of the international civil- UN vital contribution of ian staff, 21 percent of senior profession- women in conflict pre- al levels, and only 18 percent of national vention and resolution. As a symbolic act staff. Moreover, the recent Global Study and practical call to action, the Resolu- on the Implementation of United Nations tion acknowledged what we have expe- Security Council Resolution 1325 found rienced throughout our careers in diplo- that only 54 countries have formulated macy, business, academia, and develop- National Action Plans for Resolution 1325. ment: that the involvement of women in Entire regions, notably the Americas and peace processes significantly improves Middle East, are lagging behind. the prospects for a more enduring peace. Each year since, the role of women in Meanwhile, the plight of millions of keeping and building peace has figured women, men, and children in the Great- more prominently in the commemora- er Middle East seeking refuge in nearby tion of International Women’s Day, today, Europe and beyond reminds us daily of 8 March. This is rightly so. the need for urgent action to prevent and end ongoing wars. From sitting at the ne- And yet, sixteen years on, formidable gotiating table to building the blocks for political, socio-cultural, and economic long-term reconciliation and peaceful obstacles remain to the full participation coexistence, women are poised to con- By Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, of women in peace efforts, whether as tribute, when given the opportunity, to Founder Chairman, Arab International Women Forum peacemakers or as citizens—something the fair and enduring solutions that are the Resolution was supposed to help so essential to reduce human suffering. and Ibrahim Gambari, overcome. This is a major conclusion of Co-Chair, Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance the Commission on Global Justice, Secu- To ensure that women’s voices are heard rity & Governance, on which we proudly and decision-makers made more ac- serve. countable, particularly in fragile states, the Commission proposes several inno- In our report, Confronting the Crisis of vations to advance a vision of “just se- Global Governance, we view gender in- curity.” equality as a fundamental global governance challenge, especially in con- First, strengthen the role of women in flict-affected environments, where, com- peace processes. Global and regional pared to men, women suffer harm dif- institutions should appoint women to ferently and disproportionately. Despite prominent peacemaking roles. Interna- the call in Resolution 1325 for greater tional actors that support peace process- female participation in peace processes, es should demand women’s inclusion in they remain acutely underrepresented in negotiating teams and as signatories to UN-brokered talks. Research carried out ensure that their experiences and priori- by UNIFEM/UN Women reveals that, in ties are represented. fourteen diverse cases since 2000, women’s participation in peace negotiation Second, employ National Action Plans delegations averaged less than eight per- for Resolution 1325 as an effective tool of cent, and less than three percent of their foreign policy. Incorporating such plans signatories were women. into a country’s foreign policy can secure

21 and sustain political will and resources— Adviser to the UN Secretary-General Am- two critical components for ensuring that ina Mohammed. Their high-level qual- a plan’s objectives are met and leaders ifications and proven leadership skills held accountable. demonstrate that a woman leader can be selected for the UN’s top job based on Third, tackle the socio-economic factors merit. Whoever is appointed should ul- that disadvantage women’s status in so- timately place a premium on improving ciety. The Commission recognizes several UN recruitment, retention, and the ad- such factors, including the lack of access vancement of women to serve in senior to education, reproductive health ser- posts. vices, and decent work opportunities in the formal economy. All too often women, especially in vio- lent conflict and post-conflict settings, Finally, the Commission strongly endors- struggle to achieve dignified livelihoods es the UN’s goal of empowering women and exert decision-making power, lack to become national and world leaders in access to critical services, and suffer se- the 21st century. The Campaign to Elect a rious physical and mental harm—a toxic Woman UN Secretary General, organized triple threat that devastates lives and by a group of female scholars and civil undermines women’s ability to contrib- society leaders, is an excellent example ute to society. The ideas we lay out above toward achieving this goal. should be considered and acted upon with a sense of urgency. We will only be- Current possible candidates to succeed gin to meet the most pressing global gov- Ban Ki-moon include UNESCO’s Direc- ernance challenges when women, who tor-General Irina Bokova, UNDP’s Admin- are disproportionately victims, are part istrator Helen Clark, and former Special of the solution.

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ARTICLE By John Baguley CEO, International Fundraising Consultancy (IFC)

THE GROWTH OF Empowerment. Y omen’s PHILANTHROPY A ccountable Leadership. W 23 hilanthropy is one Of course, this brings another question: a life’s most praise- Just how does the family know that the worthy acts, it is en- money is well spent? Most well–known shrined in many re- organisations are very well run and tight- P ligions from Islam’s ly regulated, though occasionally some, zakat to the Christian’s like ‘Kids Company’, fall spectacularly tithe and the Buddhist call for alms and from grace. Some families have a fami- is seen as an important part of both ly office which will not only take care of spiritual and secular life. Many wealthy their finances, rather like a one-family people feel that having made their for- bank, but will also help to plan that fam- tune, or at least received somewhat more ily’s philanthropy and audit any charity money than they really need, they wish in which they are really interested, re- to move from this material success to lating the feed-back from the charity at greater significance in this world, and the appropriate family meeting, though philanthropy is often how an individual this is not really part of their specialist or a family achieves this position wheth- skill set. As we have seen in our own work er this is publically acknowledged or a in this field, this is not something to be very private matter. undertaken lightly and the information in many countries is quite obscure and In working with our clients, we have seen so time-consuming to acquire, but the how this is becoming a family affair with result is that the family, or individual’s decisions perhaps made annually follow- philanthropy is managed as well as their ing a family get together, to discuss not business interests. just how much they will give that year, but to whom those funds will go . Where At the top end of the scale we have the this is a family decision rather than one ‘Giving Pledge’ for billionaires (www.Giv- individual’s choice, we have noticed that ingPledge.org), set up by Bill Gates and it becomes a family tradition which is supported by Warren Buffet, which asks passed down the generations. billionaires to pledge to give away half their wealth to charity in their lifetime or This is especially true where the fami- as a legacy. So far, 143 billionaires have ly considers what they hope to achieve made the pledge, which represents a with their gifts; whether, for example, huge sum and will time- transform the they are interested in helping children, work of the organisations to which it is medical research, education or their re- given. This programme follows the US ligion. Perhaps more importantly within model of gaining respect in society by such categories, they consider which or- giving to charity and being seen to give, ganisation is best placed to help them which is rather different from the Brit- achieve their family aims. Money could ish model of ‘doing good by stealth’ and be given as core funding to a well-known not boasting about such things. In either organisation, like ‘Save the Children’, but case, it is the act of giving that counts. would the family rather it went to a specific country or for children’s education On a corporate level, philanthropy is or to help orphans? If so, they may want on the rise, propelled by the growth of to specify this or to give it to a smaller corporate social responsibility (CSR) pro- organisation concerned with just that grammes. Here we have seen a strength- problem. ening of the view that CSR is not only

24 good for corporate public relations but to charities as well and they too have actually has a positive effect on the bot- suffered historically massive cuts. tom line. Of course, CSR is a mixed bag, taking in a company’s supply chain, the This leaves private philanthropy as the management of its human resources one area that still has the ability to grow and its operating environment in regard as the well-off have seen their income to the community in which its factories increase steadily in the past few years, or offices are placed. The latter consid- but also many of those who have not eration is what fuels a company’s local previously considered making donation philanthropy, i.e. donations to local char- are considering how they can best help ities, or to national charities which take society. care of problems local to the company. Philanthropy need not, however, be the All this comes, fortuitously, at a time sole preserve of the very wealthy and when governments are in retreat of their nearly everyone can become a philan- social obligations, and programmes of thropist by considering if they or perhaps austerity are shrinking the ability of the their family could make a considered state to cope with all manner of social annual gift, rather than the occasional issues. Instead civil society (the Third token donation we often make when we Sector) is expected to step up and deliv- feel moved or in some way obliged to er, though where governments have em- give. If we could all do this, this could in- braced austerity this has often extended deed be philanthropy’s finest hour.

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ARTICLE By Sharon Schweitzer J.D., Cross-Cultural Consultant, International Protocol Expert, Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide, LLC

POWERFUL omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s WOMEN – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE A ccountable Leadership. W 26 mong the lists that among their respondents, 46% believed Forbes magazine issues that men have the edge when it comes each year is The World’s to running a large oil or gas company. A 100 Most Powerful Wom- en. An occasion that What you might be surprised to learn, frequently brings attention to the con- is how many women around the world tinuing pay disparity between men and have been heading up industries that women, especially in business. The good many people seem to more closely asso- news, however, is that the gap is narrow- ciate with men, and for quite some time. ing. The following is only a selection of the many examples: According to a study by executive com- pensation firm Equilar, in 2015 the top • Elizabeth Filippouli, Founder & CEO of female CEOs in the United States sig- Global Thinkers, a UK-based and inter- nificantly out-earned the men. Although nationally operating strategic commu- eight of the top 100 CEOs of the largest nications and business development companies by revenue were female, they consulting firm, as well as Founder & earned an average of $22.7 million, com- CEO of the Global Thinkers Forum, in- pared to $14.9 million for male CEOs on spires others through a focus on wom- the list. What’s more, Safra Catz of Oracle en’s empowerment, social entrepre- tied with her co-CEO, Mark Hurd, for the neurship, innovation, future trends and title of highest-paid chief executive. visionary leadership.

Looking to the 2015 Forbes list, the • Mallika Srinivasan is Chairman and CEO world’s most powerful woman is German of TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with U.S. pres- Ltd), a $1.4 billion (INR 93 billion) busi- idential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, coming ness based in Chennai, India, where in at #2. It’s important to note that within she has worked since 1986. the top 25 women on this list, several of them are female presidents, including • Fellow Indian, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Geun-Lye Park (#11) of South Korea and founded Biocon in 1978, India’s larg- Cristina Kirchner (#16) of Argentina. est publicly traded biopharmaceutical company. In 2014, she won the Chem- Turning our attention to the business ical Heritage Foundation’s Othmer arena and the kinds of industries and Gold Medal for contributions to science sectors that powerful women globally through entrepreneurship, as well as inhabit, let’s look at, not only the wom- Germany’s Keihl Institute Global Econo- en in leadership positions, but also the my Prize for achievements in business. kinds of businesses that they lead. When Fortune magazine analyzed the top in- • Africa’s “richest self-made woman,” dustries headed by women CEOs from Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria (#87 on among their Fortune 1000 list, they found Forbes Power Women list) is not just that the most common were specialty Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil, retailers; food production, products & but has a license “for one of the most services; and gas and electric utilities. lucrative oil fields” in the country.

The results of a Social Trends survey from • Ana Patricia Botín of Spain became the the Pew Research Center also found that first woman to head a major European

27 lender in 2014 when she stepped up one of China’s largest property de- as Executive Chairman of Santander velopers, SOHO China. She and her Group, the largest bank in the eurozone husband Pan Shiyi also established by market value. the SOHO China Foundation, a charity with the mission of alleviating poverty • In South Korea, Hyun Jeong-eun, has through the advancement of education. been Chairman of car giant Hyundai since 2004. In 2015, she was named one Therefore, we celebrate the gains and of Forbes Asia’s “Asia Power Business- significant strides women have made women,” her second time being recog- worldwide over the years, especially nized on the list. in cultures with different expectations about marriage, career, children, and el- • Isela Costantini assumed her role as der care. As such, it’s invaluable to take President and Chief Executive Officer a global perspective to see where wom- of General Motors Argentina, Uruguay en have made great inroads in business and Paraguay in 2012, the first woman and politics. to hold the position.

• In 2011, Christine Lagarde of France took over as Managing Director of the Inter- national Monetary Fund, the organization which serves as economic advisor for 188 countries.

• Ranked the “#1 Most Powerful Arab Woman” in the family business catego- ry by Forbes Middle East in 2014, Raja Easa Al Gurg, has been instrumental as Managing Director in expanding UAE- based Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group’s trade and commerce to include 24 companies and 370 international brand partnerships.

• Australian Gina Rinehart has been Ex- ecutive Chairman of mining company, Hancock Prospecting, since 1992, and ranks second on Forbes Australia’s Richest People list.

• In 2006, Griselda Hernandez became the first female country manager to lead Mexican operations of UPS (she now leads its North Latin America operations).

• And in 1995 in China, Zhang Xin co-founded (and is currently CEO) of

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ARTICLE By Elif Shafak Author

I AM A WORLD CITIZEN Empowerment. Y omen’s AND A GLOBAL SOUL A ccountable Leadership. W 29 come from a land circles, though liberal and Western at where words are as first glance, are, in truth, not that dif- heavy as stone tab- ferent. Being a Turkish novelist means I lets. Every writer, poet worrying about your motherland all or journalist in Turkey the time. knows that because of words you can get into trouble. Because of a poem, a As attached as I am to Istanbul and story, a novel, a sentence in an inter- its stories, I am a nomad. A commut- view or even a tweet, in one day, you er. I am connected to the Balkans, the can be stigmatized and blacklisted; Aegean, the Mediterranean, there are you can be almost lynched in social elements in my soul from the Middle media and attacked in pro-govern- East, I am a European by choice and ment media. All of a sudden, you can the fundamental values that I em- be labelled as “a traitor.” “A betrayer.” brace, I am a Londoner, a world citizen You can be sued, put on trial, detained, and a global soul. I refuse to be re- arrested or even imprisoned. You can duced to a single identity. I believe in be exiled too. All because of words. multiple belongings.

As a result, there is widespread * * * self-censorship among Turkey’s intellectuals and artists. But this is a I once read an American writer claim subject that is rather difficult to talk that the reason why she wrote about about; let alone, admit. It is also a bit love and heartbreak was because embarrassing. Very few people will these were the main things that peo- openly acknowledge it. But the truth ple talked about around dinner tables. is, in today’s Turkey, there is too much The statement made me pause. At din- tension, too much persecution, too ner tables in Turkey we have another much pressure, too much fear. And favourite subject: Politics! True, we wherever there is all these four ele- also talk about love and heartbreak ments at once -tension, persecution, when we get together, but we spend pressure, fear - it means, there is equal time, if not more, sulking about self-censorship. politics. And as the political situation gets worse and worse, we spend more For women journalists, intellectuals and more time talking about politics. and writers the climate of fear is es- In Turkey daily politics is aggressive, pecially hard because the kind of hate masculinist, pervasive and divisive. speech that we receive is almost al- And emotional. It is emotions that ways tainted with sexism, misogyny, guide politics; not reason, not log- swearing. A male novelist is regarded ic. Turkish politicians get upset too as a novelist, and that’s it. Nobody will easily: they get cross, they get angry mention that he happens to be a man! at Europe - as though Europe were a There is no need. For female novelists boy they quarrelled with on the street it is usually the other way round. You while playing marbles. Everything is are seen as a ‘woman’ first and fore- based on the principle of tit-for-tat. If most, and then, as an intellectual or European leaders criticize Turkey, Tur- a writer. Turkey is a deeply conserva- key’s politicians criticize back, never tive, patriarchal, male-dominated and for a moment thinking if there might homophobic country. And the literary be anything valuable in the criticism.

30 My writer friends from Pakistan and The third young woman is Turkish. Her Egypt and Columbia tell me it’s more name is Peri. She has hundreds of un- or less the same for them. That is why, answered questions and unsolved rid- if you happen to be a novelist from dles swirling inside her mind. Together, such “failed democracies”, you do not these three girls are The Sinner, The have the luxury of being apolitical. Believer and The Confused.

* * * My novel mostly focuses on the journey of The Confused, asking difficult My new novel, Three Daughters of and timely questions about identity, Eve (forthcoming February-2017, pub- nationality, Islam, feminism, sexuality, lished by Penguin), tells the story faith, belonging. At some point in the of three young women from Muslim story, Mensur (Peri’s beloved father) backgrounds. One of them is Shirin, says, ‘Travel the world you shall see. In a British-Iranian, child of exiled par- a democracy, when a man gets drunk, ents. As an atheist and a feminist she he cries, “What happened to my sweet- is very critical of Islam’s treatment of heart?” But where there is no democ- women. The second young woman is racy, and little hope for its restoration, called Mona, who is a practising Mus- when a man gets drunk, he cries, “What lim. She is Egyptian-American and she happened to my sweet country?”’ often complains about Islamophobia.

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INTERVIEW Lucian J. Hudson GTF Advisory Board member, Chair-Elect of Earthwatch Europe and Director of Communications, The Open University

omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s INFLUENCING WITH IMPACT AND INTEGRITY A ccountable Leadership. W 32 Q: You yourself are an active member very hard about the opportunities and of a collaboration between academics, risks inherent in setting up a collabora- policy-makers and practitioners. Tell us tion and making it work. more about that area of activity. We know from recent events that we face A: For the past three years, I have been uncertain and turbulent times in 2017, a contributor, a section editor and now and one way through the time of crisis a senior editor of an annual publication and uncertainty is to think and plan more that captures learning in cross-sector collaboratively – while at the same time, collaboration and interaction between acknowledging that collaboration and business, civil society and public sec- partnership may not be always appro- tor. priate and may have severe limitations. We saw with the global financial crisis The Annual Review of Social Partner- just how important it was that there was ships (ARSP) is an annual journal, aim- international cooperation, if not collabo- ing to bridge theory and practice of ration. I think we are facing again many cross-sector partnerships. It does this wicked problems that can only be tack- by using innovative, open-access pub- led through countries, sectors and or- lication formats, engaging an interna- ganisations, where appropriate, working tional and cross-disciplinary Editorial much more closely. Board and ensuring the cross-fertili- sation of insights from both academics Q: In what ways is collaboration and and practitioners. The ARSP is a pub- partnership important for The Open Lucian J. Hudson lic good with more than 50,000 direct University and its subsidiary, Future- recipients and, through its partnership Learn? GTF Advisory Board member, Chair-Elect of Earthwatch Europe and Director of Communications, The Open University with Greenleaf Publishers, is catego- rised and available via Ingenta Con- A: The Open University is the largest play- nect, one of the largest databases for er in the Lifetime Learning sector, recog- professional publications and books. nising a major opportunity for this country to make the most of its workforce by My section particularly is focussed on upskilling or reskilling. The OU is working practitioners such as myself, reflecting with governments, business and civil soon their experience of collaboration ciety to put value on part-time learning and sharing that learning. and to address the issues that prevent people from studying. Q: Why is collaboration and partnership so important to you? Part of the OU’s mission is to ensure equality of access to and success in high A: There has never been a more im- quality higher education for all those portant time for individuals, teams with the desire and potential to achieve. and organisations, as well as sectors, The OU’s Centre for Inclusion and Collab- to consider very actively the scope and orative Partnerships (CICP) is proud of its limit of collaboration and partnership. work to widen access to and success in I have never taken the view that collab- higher education, working collaboratively oration works in every case for every- with external organisations through val- body, but thanks to the great people I idation and the Social Partnerships Net- have worked with, I have developed a work and developing research and schol- methodology that obliges me to think arship via the Access Observatory.

33 Another powerful example of success- James Pamment. This latest study outlines ful collaboration is FutureLearn – a social two decades of reforms at the Foreign & learning platform, designed to support Commonwealth Office (FCO), British Council learning through conversation. It offers and BBC World Service – the so-called Pub- free online courses from 62 world-leading lic Diplomacy Partners. Its timely publica- UK and international universities and 40 tion includes the initiatives, campaigns and centres of research excellence and spe- publications I was responsible for between cialist education providers like the British 2006 and 2009 – a pioneering time, a time Council, Creative Skillset and European of effective influence – which focussed on Space Agency. how the UK could play a more pro-active role in working with other countries to deal FutureLearn was formed by the OU in with challenges of the day, such as climate 2012, following the rapid development of change. What is even more important in massive open online courses (MOOCs) today’s conflicted world, is the value of in the global higher education sector, led thinking about strategic communications by American providers like Coursera and globally and campaigns that carry support edX. It has reached over 5 million learners, from different countries, with different studying over 12 million courses between, backgrounds and priorities but a shared from more than 190 countries and territo- purpose. We must not lose sight of how ries around the world. much more can be achieved if we work together. Q: Collaboration for you has worked in other roles you’ve done, particularly when Overall, the book is rich with unpublished you were Director of Communications at documents and case studies, and is the the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). most detailed study of the FCO and British Please say more about that. Council in the contemporary period. This work will be of much interest to policymak- A: I am very pleased to welcome the publi- ers and advisors, students and research- cation of a new volume of the British Public ers, and foreign policy and communication Diplomacy and Soft Power series: Diplo- specialists. matic Influence and Digital Disruption, by

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INTERVIEW Lorraine Hariton Senior Advisor, Global Business Partnerships, Transnational Strategy Group

KNOW YOUR PRIORITIES Empowerment. Y omen’s TO ACHIEVE WORK-LIFE BALANCE A ccountable Leadership. W 35 Q: How did you start? Q: How did you develop key partnerships? A: I was lucky that when I was a fresh- man in college, I took Calculus and my A: Partnership are based on friendship maths professor took a personal inter- and trust. I was once told ‘relationships est in me. He encouraged me to develop first’ and I keep that in mind when I my natural talents in Mathematics and forge partnerships. I find partnership analytical thinking. He gave me a teach- opportunities in the most unlikely plac- ing assistant job and suggested I learn es. One never knows where a brief con- about computers. Since Hamilton Col- versation can lead. I try to help wherever lege in 1972 did not even have a class in I can, because I like to and want to. computer science, I did an independent Q: What was unexpected? study course and loved it. My first computer program was the game of “Life” A: I decided to become involved with and I got hooked. I ended up transfer- politics and help Hillary Clinton with her ring to Stanford and changing the tra- presidential run at 50. It was my passion jectory of my life. After college, I became and became my second act and opened a computer programmer in the opera- up a whole new world. Who would have tions research department of American guessed? Airlines but decided to go into sales for Q: What has been your biggest lesson so IBM to have more people interaction. My far? IBM sales training and my computer science training have been the foundation A: “To thine own self be true”. The more for all that came. you understand yourself - your strengths, Q: What were the major obstacles to your passions, what makes you tick and overcome? the more you are able to authentically follow that inner voice - the more suc- A: Balancing career and family has been cessful, the happier and the more able a challenge and a guiding principle for you will be to give to others. me all my life. I chose to go back to IBM Q: How can we help more women be- after business school because they re- come entrepreneurs or claim higher spected family and balance. I prioritized board positions? my focus down to what was most important to do successfully in these two A: We need to build the self confidence worlds. I never tried to do it all, and I of women so they “Lean In” and enable had a number of failures along the way. them to be their best selves. We need These caused me to introspect and re- to be aware of unconscious bias that is direct my efforts, but never stopped me just as common in women as men. We from moving forward. need to look for opportunities to men- Q: Did you have a mentor or a role mod- tor and support. We need to demand diverse slates in any hiring process we are el? involved in. We need to lead by example. A: My most powerful and enduring role Madeline Albright said “there is a special model has been my mother, who had a place in hell for women who do not help highly successful career at a time when other women”. that was rare for a women. She valued Q: What is one piece of advice you would independence and critical thinking and give to an aspiring entrepreneur? had tremendous resiliency. She believed in me and gave me the confidence to be A: Pursue a big idea, constantly test and my best self. adjust, involve the very best people and surround yourself with great mentors. 36 outh Development.

INTERVIEW Martina Macpherson Managing Partner, SI Partners, Head of Sustainability Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and Chairperson, GTF Non-Executive Directors Board

SUSTAINABLE Empowerment. Y omen’s INVESTING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY A ccountable Leadership. W 37 Q: How did you start your career? differences between sustainable investing, impact investing, philanthropy and A: I started my career in financial ser- venture philanthropy, by co-publishing vices during the final years of my stud- a book on the ‘Fundamentals of Modern ies, at first through internships and Philanthropy’ (2014). work experiences. And I have continued Capacity building remains a challenge. to work and study simultaneously, ever When I worked for a major ESG research, since. ratings and analytics house, I always I am a great believer in a multi-disci- told our research, product and client plinary approach and whatever I have service teams that we were still creating learned, professionally and personally, I a demand, and were not yet servicing it. try to interconnect. Specialism is help- So I worked intensely on an integrated ful, but does not help with understand- marketing strategy (brand, partnerships, ing the big picture, especially if special- products and themes) to make a so- ists operate in ‘silos’. cio-economic concept become an investment reality. Q: Tell us more about your area of pro- Today, many ‘ESG pioneer friends and fessional expertise. colleagues’ and I are proud that after years of education, capacity and aware- A: I am working in an area called ‘ESG’ ness building, the page is finally turning – environmental, social and governance - ESG is getting into the mainstream - research and sustainable investing. and we have actively contributed to this ESG responsible and sustainable invest- process. ing encompasses a variety of different approaches, including screening, inte- Q: Did you have a mentor or a role model? gration as well as engagement and active ownership. ESG factors offer invest- A: I strongly believe in mentors, role ment managers added insight into the models and thought leaders. I was lucky quality of a company’s management, enough to have mentors and role mod- culture, risk profile and other character- els in my life. One of them kept me in- istics. terested, aware and engaged on key ESG has moved from the fringes to (ESG) issues and active ownership. I mainstream investing. Nowadays, al- have learned a lot from him. most 1,500 investors and service providers with a total AUM of US$59 trillion (up On a side note - unfortunately, I rarely from US$4 trillion at the PRI’s launch in found these thought leaders among my 2006) are committed to adhere to the 6 direct managers. UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI). Q: What habits helped make you successful? Q: What were the major obstacles to overcome? A: There are a few habits that I feel are important in (my) personal development A: A few years ago, ESG and sustainable - again, no habit or concept works in iso- investing was a niche area. There was, lation: Being dedicated, inquisitive, am- and is still, a great deal of confusion bitious, flexible, passionate and compas- about definitions and I have made an sionate - and being able to listen, learn attempt to identify common themes and and to apply.

38 Q: What was your biggest mistake? ‘Enablers’ and they include ‘The Mystery Seeker’, ‘The Risk Tolerator’, ‘The Future A: There were, and hopefully will be, a Scanner’, ‘The Tenacious Challenger’, few! I believe that we learn more, get fo- ‘The Exciter’, ‘The Flexible Adjuster’, ‘The cussed and ultimately grow, profession- Simplifier’ and ‘The Focuser’. ally and personally, by making mistakes I think this is an interesting concept, and - and by overcoming challenges and I can see myself in almost all of these obstacles. As Henry Ford once said, “Ob- ‘enabling’ roles. stacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Q: How can we help more women climb up the corporate ladder and break ‘glass Q: What has been your biggest lesson so ceilings’? far? A: There are various challenges for A: I think there are many lessons that women (and men) of all ages, ethnic have made an impact on my life and ca- groups and across organisations - these reer. But there are a few common themes challenges are linked to organisational that are surfacing over and over again: design, managerial credibility and talent 1) that this is the age of the universalist, management. 2) that values and purpose are universal Over the last couple of years, the glass concepts, that they matter and they can ceiling has become ever more thicker, drive positive performance (in any con- ‘managing upwards’ (not necessarily text), leadership) has become the norm, while 3) and that cross-fertilization and collab- managing and training the next genera- orative actions can help to achieve even tion of leaders is often no longer seen bigger goals. as a pre-requisite. Mentorship and diversity programmes Q: How can an executive minimize the as well as women’s networks are im- unknowns? portant to raise awareness around the issues. But in order to achieve sustain- A: Through research, learning and ulti- able transformational change, we also mately by promoting learning. need to work with all stakeholders to- Our age is driven by innovation, change wards creating a more ‘inclusive’ corpo- and speed - and ambiguity and uncer- rate culture - where vison, mission and tainty have become the norm. values are fully aligned, top down. I have taken the first actions and have A decade ago, Philip Hodgson and Ran- gathered a group of experts to join me dall White have developed a concept on the journey – together, we explore to identify eight broad strands of be- ‘human governance’ models that can haviour that seem to help people (ex- help to ‘Value Your Talent’. ecutives) cope with ambiguity and uncertainty. More information is available upon re- They have called these behavioural skills quest!

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INTERVIEW Özlem Denizmen Founder Chairman, FODER (Financial Literacy and Inclusion Association)

FINANCIAL omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s LITERACY IS THE SOLUTION A ccountable Leadership. W 40 Q: How did you start? ed with a TV program about personal finance. It was a tough job to convince A: I always wanted to give back to so- the TV channels. But as it started, mil- ciety for what I have received. I had lions started telling me all about their dreams and targets and I was lucky to financial lives on air LIVE! accomplish most of them during the journey. I needed to find something Q: Did you have a mentor or a role mod- that I am passionate about - something el? that would touch millions and would change their lives. A: I believe success stories are built upon inspiration and belief. This can Having this in my mind, one day it just be achieved by curiosity based on facts. happened! On my way to a meeting in Therefore, I read everything that I could the summer of 2009, I was reading The find about personal finance psychology, Economist on a flight. The picture of an neuro-economics, behavioral finance Afghan man with a child bride deeply and the history of money. My team and hurt me. I wanted to change the fate of I investigated the international models. the child. Not only that one but many I was also lucky to have a supportive others who suffer; to cope with what boss, Mr. Şahenk, the Chairman of Doğuş life has dealt them. Group, who made it possible for me to pursue my dream. First of all, I was al- There should have been a solution. lowed to devote time to my passion and There should be something to change felt his full support, because he also Özlem Denizmen the injustice. And there should be believed on the cause that financial lit- Founder Chairman, FODER (Financial Literacy and Inclusion Association) something that I could do instead of eracy will change the destiny of others. just feeling hurt. My answer was very clear. Economic freedom is the solu- Q: How did you learn from failure? tion to have the power to change one’s dreams. That can only be achieved by A: Life is a learning journey. Failures are financial literacy. actually our motivation to restart and are a learning process. So if I spend a Q: What were the major obstacles to day without learning that will be failure overcome? to me. I failed several times, especially regarding my digital initiatives. A: In society, there are very strict tra- ditions about money issues, especial- Q: What has been your biggest lesson so ly if it is about your personal financial far? needs and situation. I needed to start by convincing the individuals to talk A: There is no such thing as a small about money. Yet whoever I shared my change. Change has a snowball effect. mission with came with the same resis- As we change the meaning of money tance: people will not talk about mon- for individuals, it will not only change ey openly. They will never state how their life, but also the future of their much they earn and what their debts nations. One’s relationship with mon- are. We needed to start somewhere, ey is an expression of one’s self values, and I strongly believed that we needed principles, discipline, psychology, and to reach millions. Therefore, we start- spirit. And that can change!

41 Q: What would you have done different- to give them a good education and a ly? peaceful retirement. She earns her living in a self-opened little diner where A: Trust my instincts even more… she cooks homemade meals for her customers. Even though she says that Q: How can we help more women be- she gets tired from time to time, earning come entrepreneurs or claim higher her money all by herself is worth all of it. board positions? Although courageously getting into A: Inspire. Open roads for equal oppor- business life, being a woman in a small tunity. Invite them to networks. Sponsor mining town called Soma, business ter- them. Work with men for solutions. rifed her at the beginning, but you could see the pride of the success that came Q: What is one piece of advice you would afterwards in her eyes. She says that her give to an aspiring entrepreneur? husband had some concerns, but after she continued her business with great A: Think without limits. Like Neo in the profits and proved herself, he gave her movie Matrix. his full support. To touch women in a way that they are able to stand on their Q: What is FODER’s mission? feet, to be able to see the tangible ef- fects of affecting the lives of their fami- A: Financial Literacy and Inclusion As- lies and other individuals gives me great sociation is a non-profit organization pleasure. which aims to increase the percentage of financially literate people and raise awareness on financial inclusion in Tur- key. It works in cooperation with many governmental agencies, private entities and other NGOs. Another aim of FODER is to support the creation of the necessary eco-system for financial literacy in Turkey.

Q: Share with us some success stories of women involved with FODER.

A: As I travelled throughout Anatolia for a Financial Literacy education session, I met a woman in her 40s with two kids. After the session, I learned that she was following my educational courses, news- paper articles and never misses my TV program (Para Durumu) and while doing so, she learned how she could manage the money that she earned.

She got into the business life by getting micro credits to raise her kids better,

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INTERVIEW Shahira Amin Award-winning Journalist, Egypt

DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK Empowerment. Y omen’s QUESTIONS A ccountable Leadership. W 43 Q: How did you start? Q: What has been your biggest lesson so far? A: I started my career working as a program presenter on Abu Dhabi Radio. A: My biggest lesson is that success doesn’t last nor does failure. If you fail, Q: What were the obstacles you had to you simply lick your wounds and start overcome? over. If you succeed, do not let it get to your head. Build on your successes and A: The obstacles were many. There was make sure to leave your failures far be- no Internet in those days so news gath- hind and not let them haunt you. ering was much harder than it is today. I had to rely on newspapers and Q: How did you test your assumptions? magazines as my sources in addition to interviews. Nowadays, new technology A: There is better way of testing your as- makes news gathering a great deal eas- sumptions than through trial and error. If ier except, of course, for the fact that you have an idea, don’t be afraid to ex- one has to be more careful in verifying press it... not just express it, but pursue the authenticity of the available mate- it. Give it your all and try and try, try and rial. try... you will succeed at last and it will be worth it in the end because success only Q: Did you have a mentor or role model? comes to those who take risks and go the extra mile. A: Having a mentor or role model is an absolute must. My mentor was Peter Q: How can we help more women reach Hellyer, a British journalist who taught higher positions? me the tricks of the trade and who was generous with his time. I was extremely A: We can do that by reaching out and giv- fortunate as I could turn to him for ad- ing other women a helping hand. Training vice and guidance. If it had not been for and mentoring are of vital importance. him, I would not have gotten far, or at Don’t be stingy with your knowledge, ad- least, it would have taken longer for me vice and guidance... just as you had peo- to make progress, as I would have had to ple that helped you along the way, help learn from the mistakes I made. others. Giving is even more rewarding than being on the receiving end. Q: How did you get credibility quickly? Q: What advice would you give an aspir- A: Credibility is everything to a journal- ing entrepreneur? ist and broadcaster. Fact checking is of utmost importance. Never take anything A: Go for it! Your idea can only be bene- at face value or for granted. Doubt ev- ficial if it is out there, not if it remains an erything you hear or read and don’t be aspiration. Don’t be afraid to fail and ask afraid to ask lots of questions. It’s the lots of questions, don’t be afraid to take only way to get the correct information. calculated risks, share knowledge with A journalist is a seeker of truths and others and do your homework before nothing but the truth. you start a new venture.

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ARTICLE By Michael E. Economakis Executive Vice Chairman/ CEO, A.G. Leventis (Plc) Nig

PHILANTHROPIC GIVING Empowerment. Y omen’s IN AFRICA A ccountable Leadership. W 45 ccording to the Africa a rapid awareness campaign coupled Wealth Report the num- with the MPesa mobile payments plat- ber of high net worth form quickly brought in contributions. A A individuals in Africa grew similar appeal has been made to combat by over 150% between Ebola in West Africa and the Garissa at- 2000 and 2013, more than double the tacks in Kenya also saw widespread use global rate. This means that Africa to- of mobile in fundraising for victims. day has about 165,000 HNWI collectively worth over $660 billion, who have given What is necessary for philanthropic giv- rise to a formalised philanthropic giving ing to be effective, is to make sure that it culture across the continent. benefits all involved stakeholders. A successful pathway to building natural align- Most of them are channeling their giv- ment among all stakeholders is to base a ing through their businesses and private strategic philanthropy programme on a foundations. For example, Nigerian Aliko foundation of values. As such, leadership Dangote, Africa’s richest man, made his that is based on values and ethics is es- money selling cement, sugar and basic sential to professionals working on the commodities and is estimated by Forbes strategic philanthropy spectrum, since it to be worth $15.6 billion. He has signed can effectively improve the bottom line a pledge committing to give away a ma- of a strategic philanthropy programme jority of his wealth to charitable caus- or initiative, while bringing natural align- es. The Dangote Foundation is active in ment to all stakeholders involved. health, education and disaster relief. Mo Ibrahim, Patrice Motsepe, Tony Elumelu, This is a principle under which the A.G. Strive Masyiwa and Manu Chandaria are Leventis Foundation in Nigeria has been only some of the many African philan- operating for decades now. Established thropists who have realized the impor- in May 1979, it is the outcome of the vi- tance of strategic giving as a way to give sion of the Cypriot entrepreneur Anasta- back to society by returning some of the sios G. Leventis (1902-1978), who laid the wealth they have made. bases of its focus on society, education and culture. Their foundations aim to tackle a number of different challenges and support Now in its fourth decade, the Foundation social causes – entrepreneurship and retains its adherence to these priorities, youth development for instance – but keenly supporting the dissemination of they also give directly to community Greek and Cypriot cultural heritage, as needs for medical expenses and schol- well as extensive public benefits pro- arships, as well as responding to emer- grammes, pioneering environmental pro- gency situations such as Ebola outbreaks tection projects, and medical research. and famine. To this end, its activities range from the An interesting trend in African philan- reconstruction of a large number of thropy has been the use of mobile mon- classical, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine ey to raise money for causes. In 2011, monuments, and the enrichment and ‘Kenya for Kenyans’ raised £6m from presentation of Cypriot antiquities col- 250,000 individuals to provide famine lections in museums around the world, relief to over 3 million Kenyans. Backed to the systematic granting of scholar- by leading telecoms company, Safaricom, ships, and sponsorship of nature con-

46 servation and sustainable development in Nicosia, designed by Feilden Clegg projects in Southern Europe, Africa and Bradley Studios, Architects. world-wide. In West Africa, an area long connected with the Leventis family, the Giving and charity is deeply rooted in Af- A. G. Leventis Foundation Nigeria was set rican culture. Africa must not be seen as up in 1988 to continue an already exist- the ‘poor, needy relative’. African talent ing philanthropic programme. It has es- and potential must be appreciated for tablished seven agricultural schools for its massive capacity, and giving should young farmers in Nigeria and Ghana. be allocated in ways that release and enable this talent to shine, on its own. An important aspect of the dynamic I will conclude this article by calling on presence of the A. G. Leventis Foundation Nelson Mandela’s words: ““Like slavery in cultural affairs is the Foundation’s art and apartheid, poverty is not natural. collections: the Paris Collection of Euro- It is manmade, and it can be overcome pean Art, the Collection of Works by Greek and eradicated by the actions of human Artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries and beings. And overcoming poverty is not a the Collection of Works by Cypriot Artists. gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.” These three collections, which afford a Positive change for Africa means to not unique aesthetic and educational expe- just ease the symptoms of poverty, it rience, will soon be united and housed in means enabling African talent to eradi- the new A. G. Leventis Gallery being built cate poverty as a disease.

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INTERVIEW Souad Talsi MBE Founder, Al-Hasaniya

AL HASANIYA: omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR THIRTY YEARS A ccountable Leadership. W 48 Q: Please tell us the story behind grant in the UK, I did not do so to gain an Al-Hasaniya. award, but indeed I did it, and still do, because of my strong conviction and belief A: Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s cen- that we all need support and encourage- tre for Arabic-speaking women living ment to fulfil our full potential. To sup- and working in London and their fami- port and represent the concerns of those lies was established in November 1985. who often have muted voices is a superb It is a multi-award winning organisation privilege. It is frustrating when the mes- that aims to provide support in all mat- sage one tries to transmit is slow if not ters concerning the health, welfare, ed- blocked by erroneous narratives from ucation and cultural needs of this client both sides, such as how we as Arab wom- group. It is the first port of call for those en, Christians or Muslims are portrayed. who are often vulnerable, marginalized The media and indeed the ultra-religious and experiencing oppression and injus- community have much responsibility to tice, whether through civil wars or indeed bear in this regard. repeated and chronic domestic violence. www.al-hasaniya.org.uk Q: What are the common stereotypes and clichés projected around Arab Q: What process do you follow? women?

A: The project has a multi-facet purpose, A: Challenging clichés and stereotyping yet all activities are interlinked to sup- is an ongoing struggle and the best way port the women. These are the domes- to deal with it is to concentrate on what Souad Talsi MBE tic violence, mental health, older people positive contribution we can make to the Founder, Al-Hasaniya and young vulnerable girls’ projects. The society we live in. Doing anything else, weekly luncheon club where over 40 to the stereotype becomes a self-prophe- 50 women from Morocco, Egypt, Yemen, cy and that’s far more dangerous than Soudan, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, get to- anything else. The way I was brought gether, chat and share cultural activities up meant I never saw my gender or my and have a wholesome couscous, serves ethnicity as a hindrance. We, as Arab as a formidable social hub for these women, bear some of the responsibility women who are often isolated. In 2015 in the way we are portrayed. We need to we dealt with over 4000 contacts. This is be more proactive, as too often we seem huge and our resources are stretched to happy to take a backstage seat and allow the absolute limit. others to act on our behalf. Education, education and education! Q: You have been awarded an MBE from HM Queen Elizabeth II. What does this Q: Can you give us an overview of the honour mean to you and your work? cultural and social differences that exist between the Arab countries? A: The MBE award was received with great humility. It is an award I consider to be A: I think Arab women across the Arab on behalf of all Arab women who seek world have a rich common history, cul- justice and equality for their fellow wom- tural bonding and indeed a marvellous en wherever they may be. When I em- religion we all share. There are subtle barked on my journey at the age of 16, differences in the way we behave in our to combat inequality and eliminate dis- respective societies and indeed the way crimination as the daughter of an immi- our civil laws govern our ability or oth-

49 erwise to partake our just and right role in our respective societies. This mandate makes all the difference. The Moroccan 2011 constitution has gender equality firmly embedded and we are free and independent, yet we have not reached our full potential because the main in- gredients are missing and that is knowledge, education and self confidence.

Q: Do you have a role model?

A: My late father was a great believer in human ability to do well and reach full potential regardless of gender, and so I was brought up in a household that did not treat me differently from my broth- ers. I was encouraged to speak my mind and share my views. To aspire to bigger things in life and ensure I make a difference to those who cross my path. The world is full of great women and I feel privileged to have the freedom to look at their achievements and be inspired by these.

Q: As a woman, what has been the biggest challenge for you in life?

A: As human beings we are constantly being tested and indeed facing challenges, some surmountable others testing and taxing. What is very important is to always remember that we can do anything we want. Hard work, conviction, perseverance and diplomacy always prevail in my opinion. For me the biggest challenge, I think, has been dealing with a much unexpected near fatal diagnosis I had in June 2013. I was diagnosed with double breast cancer during a routine check-up. For a moment my life came to a halt; however, this did not last long, and I soon composed myself and dealt with it accordingly as if it were a winter flu! I stayed positive and determined that cancer was not going to win....and so far I’m winning.

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INTERVIEW Abdelrahman AlSaifi Global Thinkes Forum Mentee

JORDANIAN YOUTH HAS BIG Empowerment. Y omen’s DREAMS A ccountable Leadership. W 51 Abdelrahman AlSaifi is a young engineer gineering students and youth around the from Jordan who volunteers for the IEEE world. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). The strategy they created in Concurrently, being the tech geek that I Hashemite University Student Branch am, I was volunteering as a logistics co- has rocketed the student branch to win- ordinator in a major monthly technolo- ning the awards of Best Student Branch gy event called Amman Tech Tuesdays, in Jordan, Exemplary Student Branch in which created an ecosystem for tech Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and startups in Jordan and succeeded in con- Most Active Student Branch in Middle necting a great deal of founders with in- East, in addition to becoming one of the vestors, in addition to raising awareness largest and most diverse student branch- to every technology topic that needed es in the region. to be discussed, or the controversial issues related to technology like internet Q: Tell us a few things about your coun- censorship. These experiences allowed try, and also your life’s story! me to get accepted in an exchange program funded by the US Department of A: Jordan is often described as the ‘Sili- State, called MEPI Student Leaders Pro- con Valley’ of the Middle East due to the gram, and that was when my life took a huge number (not due huge of startups it huge turning point: it put all the energy incubates. It’s also a pivotal point in the and scattered accomplishments here and current turmoil facing the region despite there in line, and then it all made sense. its lack of resources, but it stands strong During the six weeks I spent in the US, I because of its people and its leadership. got to live with 19 of the most genuine Jordan has a very high youth population, and selfless people in the region, who are which makes it ideal if they’re given the trying to make an impact on their com- opportunity to lead and display how they munities and the world around them. I can push the country forward. My life thus got to learn a lot about myself and took a turning point when I decided that how far I can go, I learned that there’s no I wanted to do something to make this such thing such as “just a dream”, where world a better place, but to get to that there’s a will, there’s a way. And now here point, first you have to start with yourself, I am, not the same person I was yester- then your community, then your country day, not the same person I was a year ago, and then you’ll be able to move forward not the same person I will be tomorrow. with confidence. And that’s how I started. All those dots only make sense when you I was a young boy who had dreams as look at them backwards. vast as the skies, but where do I start? I started volunteering, and that was the Q: What is your view of the world as it is most vivid experience I’ve ever had in my today? And how do you define the con- life; it changed every perspective of mine cept of a better world? and it gave me the depth and maturity I needed to start planning on taking on A: The world today is an unfair place, full the world. I was very fortunate to work of wars, inequality and injustice. And de- with international organizations such as spite all the technological, scientific and IEEE, which is the experience I’m most societal advancement, it’s just inhumane proud of, I worked beside student lead- to ignore all the bad things that are hap- ers from my university, my region and pening around us. But hope remains, the from all over the world to develop the hope for a peaceful world where people skills and the knowledge quality of en- respect their differences and opinions,

52 where we focus more on evolution and to be or hard to achieve. I feel the need advancement rather than killing one an- to be mentored to be held to my goals other. and plan achieving them accordingly in a shorter time than I would need to Q: What are some of the key challenges do it myself. I feel the need to be men- in your society? tored because I find it difficult to put my thoughts and ideas in motion and start A: I’ve always seen the challenges that my implementing them, I feel the need to society is facing as the following: Educa- be mentored because I believe I can go tion, Energy & Environment. We’re going a long way from here in the guidance through a hard time when it comes to Ed- and inspiration of an experienced, wise, ucation and Energy in Jordan. Moreover, strong-willed professional who succeed- when it comes to the Environment, Jordan ed in making their career a life lesson for is facing a big challenge, considering that youth to look up to. it is the 2nd poorest country in water resources, according to the latest studies. Q: Do you have a lesson that life has taught you and you would like to share? Q: As a young individual what are a few of the hurdles that you had to overcome A: Don’t forget your surroundings, don’t up until today? forget the people who stand alongside you while you’re so busy trying to change A: I had fear of public speaking, I didn’t the world around you, make time to live know how to motivate and lead people as you make time to work, don’t take around me, I lacked goals and purpose them for granted even if they sacrifice too and I was often demotivated from doing much for you. the things that I always wanted to do. I had to work on every single one of these Q: Name a project, a foundation or a per- points, because I didn’t like the person I son in your country that you think is do- was back then and I knew I couldn’t get to ing great work in helping improve other the places I aspire to reach without over- people’s lives! coming them. Now I can easily take on an auditorium full of people, I can bring out A: The examples are countless, but one the best of people around me and push of the people I’m proud that I’m a friend them to do what they do best, I started of, who is continuously inspiring me and planning my life and I know what I want everyone around him, is Mustafa Al Mo- from it. mani, Chair of Young Professionals Com- munity in IEEE Jordan Section. Mustafa is Q: Why is the role of a mentor important a young man who is doing an amazing job for you? in empowering the youth’s lives and I believe he is the kind of leader and human A: I feel that the need of being mentored the world needs. in this stage of my career is essential in order to increase my capacity in leading Q: Share with us a phrase, a poem or a a career in engineering and combining story that you love or you find interest- it with my enthusiasm of the business ing! world. I feel the need to be mentored because I often feel I need help to un- A: “I’d rather be a superb meteor, every derstand my potential and stick to my atom in magnificent glow, than a sleepy ambitions no matter how far they seem and permanent planet”

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INTERVIEW Max Höchsmann Global Thinkes Forum Mentee

SUSTAINABLE omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s ENERGY CAN DELIVER WEALTH FOR THE WORLD’S POOREST A ccountable Leadership. W 54 Max Höchsmann is from Germany and my master studies of Carbon Manage- is an energy analyst with an MSc in Car- ment at the University of Edinburgh. As bon Management on a full academic a class representative for 32 students scholarship from the University of Ed- from seven nations, I studied with great inburgh. Aside from his interest in pol- passion in a world-leading programme itics, economics and climate change, about the economics and science of Max is also involved with AIAS e.V., an climate change and sustainability. Cur- organisation dedicated to fighting leu- rently, I am working as an entry level kaemia. Furthermore he achieved a sec- energy analyst at an Ecova UK, an ener- ond prize in a state-wide start-up com- gy consultancy. petition as one of three co-founders developing and selling a social product Q: What is your view of the world as it is focused on early childhood education. today? And how do you define the concept of a better world? Q: Tell us a few things about your country, and also your life’s story! A: While we have seen an unprecedented success story of poverty alleviation A: I was born and raised in Germany. in the last two decades accompanied by Like most places in the world, I expe- an increasing awareness about climate rienced it as a country with its up- and change, emancipation and equality of downsides. While the quality of life is rights, I feel that the world will also high and most people have a high level need to address some key challenges of awareness for sustainability issues, to move forward. A better world needs Max Höchsmann the global perspective on things can to establish and implement a shared Global Thinkes Forum Mentee get missed out sometimes. Here are understanding of true sustainability. a few cornerstones of my life so far. I We will need to find a way to utilise our did my A-Levels in Munich, Germany, resources so that they benefit societies focusing on English, History and Geog- around the globe as a whole, instead of raphy. After my A-levels, I did a (back a narrow focus on the bottom line. In- then mandatory) year of community stead of striving for an equality of out- service, which I chose as an alternative comes, we could lay the foundation for to military service. This was followed by a more just society by creating equality a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science of opportunities in the first place. Wel- and Sociology at the LMU University. fare-oriented economic frameworks During my undergraduate studies I de- which stringently internalise external veloped a keen interest in business and costs can deliver practical solutions for social entrepreneurship. As a student a more just political framework, while consultant I advised organisations in technological advantage offers us tools a range of sectors ranging from blue- to create a better life on the micro level. chip companies, such as Siemens, to Besides a responsible integration of AI pro bono consulting for non-profit or- into our societies, sustainable energy ganisations addressing societal welfare will be the most promising solution to instead of improving the bottom line. deliver wealth for the poorest parts of Furthermore, I won, along with a team the world. The correlation between en- of gifted students, the second prize in ergy prices (and access to energy) and a state-wide start-up competition. My poverty is remarkable in a sad way. By desire to widen my perspective and ad- promoting research on increasingly so- dress large-scale challenges led me to phisticated and cheap storage and re-

55 newable energy technologies, we have Q: Why is the role of a mentor import- a clear pathway to support those who ant for you? did not have the chance to benefit from previous developments. A: While I have the belief that my past experiences provide a sound basis for Q: What are some of the key challenges my future endeavours, receiving feed- in your society? back and guidance from experienced thought leaders will be crucial to devel- A: I believe that one of the key chal- op my skills and take my ambitions and lenges for Germany will be to find an goals to the next level. This will help me answer on what is currently described to aim and achieve higher, while learn- in the media as the refugee crisis. The ing a great deal about ethical leader- dimensions of this challenge are three ship and thereby serve the global com- fold: 1.) Integrating arrived refugees munity in the best possible way. profoundly so they have the best possible opportunities in finding access to Q: Do you have a lesson that life has the job market and the educational lad- taught you and you would like to der, 2.) Promoting a dialogue with our share? European partners to actively address the challenge together, to maintain the A: Be persistent, but know the odds. If pillars of the European Union: Solidar- your chance to succeed is one in ten, ity between its member states and the beat the statistics by trying more than freedom of movement and, 3.) Scale up ten times. Try to get a grasp of the odds support of political, monetary and oth- beforehand though, and ask yourself if er resources to promote a constructive you are willing to invest what it takes to peace process in the Middle East. beat these odds.

Q: As a young individual what are a few Q: Name a project, a foundation or a of the hurdles that you had to over- person in your country that you think come up until today? is doing great work in helping improve other people’s lives! 1.) Stretching my knowledge in various fields beyond my core academic A: AIAS e.V., an organisation who raises programme during my undergraduate awareness for leukaemia and promotes studies to constructively engage in a stem cell donations. A great, young and student-led consultancy that would inspiring team which achieved much allow me to gain real life experience with little resources. in the third sector and business world and, 2.) Successfully preparing and ap- Q: Share with us a phrase, a poem or plying for a full scholarship at the Uni- a story that you love or you find inter- versity of Edinburgh to overcome my esting! financial constraints which would not have allowed me to study abroad oth- A: The future depends on what you do erwise. My sincere thanks at this point today. to the University of Edinburgh and the Scottish government that made this possible.

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ARTICLE By Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis President, Biopolitics International Organisation, Athens, Greece President and Founder, Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome

BIOPOLICY Empowerment. Y omen’s – INSPIRED ENTREPRENEURSHIP A ccountable Leadership. W 57 ngaging entrepreneur- other planet in the universe where life ship in building a society exists. This makes it all the more urgent of hope to elicit a global commitment to protect E the continuity of bios – all forms of life. Entrepreneurship is crucial in driving en- But on the microscopic level as well, the ergy, innovation and opportunity into the world of the cell unravels an infinite po- economy. Empowering ethical entrepre- tential for humanity and consolidates neurship and inspiring an inclusive view the marvel of this unique gift. The reve- of businesses is essential in long-term lations are dazzling; 650.000.000.000.000 economic growth and global competi- molecules of hemoglobin are produced tiveness. As we are currently faced with a every second in the human body. We can- deep crisis in values and leadership, we not grasp this measurement in a single need to appreciate our place in the uni- lifetime, yet, besides hemoglobin, thou- verse and encourage creative and global sands of other proteins are produced by thinking to uplift the spirit of the world. the millions in every cell, providing just a small example of what is taking place A commitment to innovation and entre- every fraction of a second in every living preneurship provides great hope for the organism. Albeit, our arrogance is not al- future. It is essential to develop and in- lowing us to appreciate this miracle and spire people everywhere to explore their we continue to be caught up in a dan- inherent capabilities by capitalizing on gerous web of environmental destruction their entrepreneurial talent. Entrepre- and abuse. neurs are the source of innovation and can help to solve social and environ- In the face of these critical dangers, the mental problems by creating successful need for thoughtful engagement in envi- enterprises. In this effort, it is crucial for ronmentally ethical decision-making has business, communities, industry, govern- grown increasingly urgent. Because the ment and citizens to come together to burden of establishing ethical practices drive innovation and progress. By bridg- falls on all members of society, this need ing differences and sharing knowledge, includes every human endeavor and we can create the right framework for entrepreneurship is key to meeting this change. challenge. Socially responsible entrepreneurship can be enriched by the harmo- Times of crisis can also become opportu- ny of life and become an inspirational nities, spurring the search for the proper force in the race to save the environment. perspectives and ethics. When we know our values and our responsibilities as Sowing seeds of innovation human beings on this planet, we can expand our potential. Searching for these In an increasingly complex and rapidly ethics and values can help us to discov- changing world, innovation will be key er our inner strengths and assets, and to meeting the challenges ahead. Inno- with the right leadership qualities we can vation in education, in the application build momentum to expand these assets. of new knowledge, and in developing commercial enterprises and social ser- In our unprecedented drive for economic vice and civil society organizations can power, we have forgotten the value of a spur leaders to espouse change. Entre- vision of hope and mutual understand- preneurs with the education and skills to ing. On a cosmic scale, we know of no launch and develop new enterprises and

58 to contribute to the growth and impact the answer. What is urgently needed is of existing companies and organizations a vision that can infuse society with in- will be important to the future of their spiration and hope. Biopolicy – policy communities and the world. with bios at the heart of decision-making – catalyzes tools and guidelines for The development of ideas and the shar- the promotion of dynamic relations ing of knowledge with a broad market between the environment, society and requires the application of new dimen- policy and inspires people everywhere sions in science and technology that will to take urgent and concerted action to stimulate economic growth. The cooper- mitigate climate change and save life on ation of techne and technology is vital in our planet. this context, as it is only through synergy among different fields that leading inno- Changes and reforms ought to be based vation can be achieved. on immediate action, having as a target the transformation of our global society. The “bio-assessment of technology,” Enough with misery and hunger, lack which evaluates progress based on its of water and food, toxic pollution and contribution to the environment, pro- wasting of valuable resources. We need motes dialogue and cooperation through to proceed with expedient plans for zero a thesis, antithesis and synthesis of new emission cities, clean energy, green jobs. values. In serving society, it is essential The evaluation of technological progress for entrepreneurship to expand its im- with bios in mind can prevent Pandora’s pact by bringing great benefit from the Box from spreading destructive trends new knowledge created and can open up the pathway to amazing possibilities for the mobilization of In this context, bioculture can inspire us every individual on our planet, thus en- to deepen our culture of innovation and hancing entrepreneurship, creating mil- entrepreneurship through the applica- lions of new jobs and moving forward tion of new knowledge and the devel- with increased momentum and hope. opment of new entrepreneurial enter- Awareness of our interdependence and prises. By mobilizing an educational and appreciation of diversity through “biodi- cultural commitment, bioculture will en- plomacy” can lead to a healthy and hap- courage the next generation of entrepre- py existence. The body of humanity, part neurs to bring benefit to society. Litera- of the wondrous body of bios, if guided ture and the arts can be an enlightening by enlightened leaders, can develop and force in this effort, supporting mutual prosper through a conscious commit- enrichment and helping us to view our ment and pledge to secure the survival differences as a source of inspiration of our planet. Ethical and inspired en- provided by bios. trepreneurship can speed up the needed action to safeguard the continuity of To overcome the crisis in ethics and val- bios and enhance lives and livelihoods. ues, enlightened leadership is required This is the most profitable return on in- in every sector. Strict regulations are not vestment.

59 outh Development.

ARTICLE By Zeynep Bodur Okyay President and CEO, Kale Group WE SHOULD omen’s Empowerment. Y omen’s SUPPORT INNOVATION IN BUSINESS A ccountable Leadership. W 60 s Kale Group, we strive orate at national and international levels for excellence toward for designing the future. We believe in In- the goal of bringing to dustry 4.0 and try to integrate new tech- A life our common cause, nologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), which is to be the Pio- cloud computing, augmented reality, arti- neer in our field deriving from our indus- ficial intelligence etc. into our core busi- trial heritage and entrepreneur mindset, ness. But we believe more in People. For respectful of People and of Nature, lead- us, the key asset has always been Peo- ing to sustainable added value. In line ple. Industry 4.0 will surely change the with our common cause, Kale Values are thinking, production and communication trust, justice, sincerity, passion, responsi- patterns. But the changes will most dra- bility and curiosity. As a legacy of İbrahim matically impact the workforce. Providing Bodur, my father and the Founder of Kale them with the right tools so that they can Group, the human-centered approach reach their potential will be key in this prevails and reigns not only in discourse transformation. but in actual implementation. This understanding and the values are main- In our view, technology is an enabler streamed into corporate culture as well and an accelerator. It should be used in as modus operandi. a smart way to enhance lives of People. Therefore, it is critical that people or the We have a pledge of leadership. This is workforce is equipped with the skills of by itself the blueprint for ethical leader- the 21st Century to be fully prepared for ship. It is an open call for inclusive com- the profound changes to come. We are By Zeynep Bodur Okyay munication, transparency, innovation, also investing in and encouraging soft co-creation and inspiration recognizing skills that will be in demand in the fu- President and CEO, Kale Group that our actions influence and impact ture, which are the abilities to negotiate, our customers, our company, our society motivate, persuade, and co-ordinate. We and the environment. In all our business gladly observe these good old-fashioned operations, while bridging technology human skills are not becoming less valu- and design, we believe in sustainable able, on the contrary they are becoming and eco-friendly solutions. We take into more valuable. account the international standards in the value and supply chain ranging from We also strongly believe in the transfor- investment plans to production facilities, mative power of civil society, that it should from transportation to end-products. We have a strong voice in the policy-making believe and advocate that organization- and decison-making mechanisms as a al success is not just about profits, but way to enhance welfare in all spheres. To about ethical leadership. While ethical this end, I am the founding member of behavior drives good business, it is most various influential business NGOs, and of all about building relationships to active participant in many others. In line spur the energy and creativity of people with my leadership and steering role in inside and outside the organization to civil initiatiatives, most notably C20 (Civil work together to make a difference. 20) during Turkey’s Presidency of G20, I became more aware and engaged with At Kale Group, while we maintain strong problems on the ground related to wom- ties with the past and and the founding en’s participation in the workforce and values that cultivate this blueprint, we possible remedies to address these. As closely follow global trends and collab- a business person and an industrialist

61 in a male-dominated sector leading na- of South Marmara region. Each year, we tional and international operations and celebrate the anniversary of the foun- investments, and a firm believer in civil dation of Kale Group together with our society and its transformative power, en- People, employees and the local inhabi- suring gender equality is one of priority tants on 27 July in Çan, Çanakkale, as the areas. Only by mobilizing the entire pop- Ceramics Festival of Turkey. ulation and integrating women into the workforce, can creativity, innovation, and Apart from numerous social and cul- productivity flourish. tural activities, the Ceramics festival is about celebrating production and open- Guided by the belief that education is ing up of new factories and expanding the best tool and leverage for empow- the existing ones.Through its invest- ered individuals and generations to ments, in line with the social fabric and come, through Kale Foundation, we give taking into account the specificities of scholarships to students from various the region, Kale Group works to take for- age groups and from low socio-eco- ward the investment model created by nomic status. Through scholarships and İbrahim Bodur, which favours industrial- vocational training we help individuals ization of Anatolia together with creat- to overcome their socio-economic dis- ing a global brand guided by the motto advantages by breaking the pattern of of “trade makes people, but industry learned helplessness. Vocational train- makes societies richer” and creates ing in the field of ceramics helps wom- significant employment and life oppor- en and men to acquire technical skills tunities for people and their families, much neded to be employed and inte- deterring migration to other cities and grated into society. even encouraging reverse migration. Through its investments, Kale Group Yet another focus area is regional devel- also reinforces its position as one of opment. Since its inception, Kale Group world’s leading producers. It is an indi- encourages the participation of its peo- cation of the vision, the strength of intu- ple and contributes immensely to the ition and courage; it is making possible socio-economic development of Turkey what is deemed impossible. A succesful and Canakkale in particular, where it blend of local and global guided by eth- was born in 1957 but also the wider area ical leadership.

62 enesis Energy (Genesis) with its vision of “Lighting Up Africa One Community at a Time” is engendering multiple Gclean energy investments across Africa, with the mission of creating desired positive change in African societies.

Genesis is delighted to be collaborating with and supporting the very laudable initiative of the Global Thinkers Forum Awards for Excellence 2016, as it rewards individuals and entities who have contributed immensely to our global community, and who are recognised to have demonstrated high integrity as role models in bringing about positive change.

We welcome all invited guests, participants, Mentees and the GTF esteemed Mentors to this great Award Evening of celebration of Philanthropy and Positive Change.

GTF 2016 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

64 SPECIAL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY Alwaleed Philanthropies

Prince Alwaleed is perhaps best known internationally as the chairman and controlling shareholder of Kingdom Holding Company, one of the HRH Prince Alwaleed world’s most influential investment companies. bin Talal Outside of business, Prince Alwaleed is widely respected for his philan- Chairman, thropic work as the founder and patron of the Alwaleed Philanthropies, Alwaleed dedicated to supporting global cultural understanding, disaster recovery, Philanthropies women’s empowerment, and community development projects in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and around the world.

HRH Princess Lamia Al Saud is the Secretary General and member of the Board of Trustees at Alwaleed Philanthropies. For over 35 years, Alwaleed Philanthropies has supported and initiated projects in over 124 countries regardless of gender, race, or religion. The foundation collaborates with a range of philanthropic, government, and educational organizations to combat poverty, empower women and youth, develop communities, pro- HRH Princess vide disaster relief and create cultural understanding through education. Lamia Al Saud Working with its partners, Alwaleed Philanthropies seeks to build bridges Secretary for a more compassionate, tolerant, and accepting world. General and member of the Board of Trustees, Alwaleed Philanthropies

EXCELLENCE IN POSITIVE CHANGE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Established in 1863, the ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect vic- Peter Maurer tims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems President, essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It is based in Geneva, International Switzerland, and employs some 14,500 people in more than 80 countries. Committee of The ICRC is funded mainly by voluntary donations from governments and the Red Cross from national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

65 EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY Elif Shafak, Author, Columnist, Speaker and Academic

Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist, women’s rights & LGBT rights advocate and an inspirational public speaker. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published 15 books, 10 of which are novels, including The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love. Her novels have been published in 47 languages and she has been featured in major newspapers and periodicals around the world. Shafak has been long listed for the Orange Prize, MAN Asian Prize, the Baileys Prize, the IMPAC Dub- lin Award; shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize. She was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT One Heart World-Wide

One Heart World-Wide (OHW) is a 501(c)(3) organization with over 15 years of experience implementing maternal and neonatal mortality prevention Arlene Samen programs in areas where women often die alone at home giving birth. President & Its aim is to improve access to, and utilization of healthcare services to Founder, One reduce the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality in the most remote, Heart World- rural areas. It operates on the belief that all women and newborns can Wide receive the quality healthcare services they deserve during pregnancy and childbirth, anytime and anyplace.

EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING PEACE & COLLABORATION The Lord Alderdice Chairman for the Centre for Democracy & Peace Building, Belfast

As Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, Lord Alderdice played a significant role in the Talks on Northern Ireland including negotiation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He was the first Speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly and on retirement in 2004 was appointed to the Independent Monitoring Commission, tasked with closing down ter- rorist operations and overseeing normalization of security in Northern Ireland.

66 Programme

18.30-19.10 Guests Arrival – Cocktail Reception 19.15 Announcement – Opening 19.15 Stephen Cole Welcomes Guests Opening by Global Thinkers Forum CEO, Elizabeth Filippouli Welcome Greeting by Tobias Ellwood MP, Minister for Middle East and Africa 19.25 ‘On Peace & Collaboration’ by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Alderdice 19.30-19.40 Live Concert Part 1 conducted by Sir Dirk Brossé Maya Levy, Violin Matthieu Idmtal, Piano 19.40-20.10 First Course 20.15-20.40 Awards Ceremony 20.40-20.45 Giving for Good in the Middle East and North Africa Coline Houssais, Studies Director, Thinkers & Doers 20.45-21.25 Main Course 21.25-21.45 Live Concert Part 2 conducted by Sir Dirk Brossé Maya Levy, Violin Matthieu Idmtal, Piano 21.45 Dessert / Networking 22.30 GTF 2016 Awards Gala Concludes

67 Sir Dirk Brossé Music Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Sir Dirk Brossé, born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1960, is a multi-faceted composer and a respected conductor on the international music scene. He is currently Music Director of ‘The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia’, Music Director of the Filmfestival Ghent and Music Director and Principal Conductor of the ‘Star Wars in Concert World Tour’. Sir Dirk Brossé began his music studies at the Music Conservatories of Ghent and Brussels. He subsequently specialised in conducting, which he studied in Maastricht, Vienna and Cologne. Alongside his many guest professorships, he is currently Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Ghent. Dirk Brossé has conducted all the leading Belgian orchestras, among them, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Flemish Opera and the National Orchestra of Belgium. Outside his native Belgium, he has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the Lon- don Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Shanghai, the Vancouver Opera, the KBS Symphony Orchestra of South Korea, l’Orchestra de l’Opéra de Lyon, the World Symphony Orchestra (Japan), the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Ulster Symphony Orchestra of Northern Ireland, the Camerata St Petersburg, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Orchestras of Venezuela and Ecuador.

MASTER OF CEREMONY Stephen Cole Stephen Cole is an international broadcaster and presenter. Stephen is a veteran of international television news having fronted Al Jazeera En- glish, Sky News, CNNI, BBC World and BBC News 24 for the past 22 years. In addition, he was the inaugural host of the respected BBC News technology programme Click which he presented for six years. Stephen is also an accomplished and respected corporate speaker who has chaired and moderated panels comprised of presidents and prime ministers at prestigious events across the globe such as the World Economic Forum in Davos.

68 GTF 2016 ADVISORY BOARD& GLOBAL GROWTH BOARD Victoria Budson Founding Executive Director Women & Public Policy Program, Harvard

Victoria A. Budson is a founder and the Executive Di- rector of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. WAPPP is the preeminent institution for advancing interdisciplinary research on approaches to closing gender gaps, educating students and leaders on gender policy.

HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan President, Royal Scientific Society

Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan is Founder and President of El Hassan Science City, President of the Royal Scientific Society and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Prin- cess Sumaya University for Technology. HRH is also Director and Chair of the National Campaign for Public Awareness of the Drivers of Change. GTF ADVISORY BOARD ADVISORY GTF HRH Queen Sylvia Nagginda HE Nnabagereka (Queen) of Buganda Kingdom, Uganda

Her Royal Highness the Nnabagereka Sylvia Nagginda is the wife of the King of Buganda, King Ronald Muwen- da Mutebi II. She is a traditional and cultural leader of the people of Buganda, the largest Kingdom in Uganda. The Nnabagereka carries out charity work for and through the institution of the Kingdom of Bugan- da, international, national and local organizations and the Nnabagereka Development Foundation (NDF) which she founded in 2000.

Maxime Chaya Adventurer, Public Speaker

Lebanon’s foremost sportsman and climber, Maxime Chaya was the first person from his home country to hoist its flag atop Everest. He did so at the climax of his challenge to ascend the highest mountain on every continent – the Seven Summits – while also skiing to the North and South Poles.

70 Femi Oke Host at Al Jazeera English

Femi Oke is an international broadcaster, journalist and writer. She is currently based in Washington D.C. where she hosts the interactive current affairs show “The Stream” for Al Jazeera English. Femi’s work has been recognised by The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Communications Agency and InterAction.

David Rodin Carnegie-Uehiro Senior Fellow, Global Ethics Fellow

David Rodin is a leading authority on the ethics of war and conflict. He is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Coun- cil for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Greg Beitchman

VP Content Sales & Partnerships, CNN International BOARD ADVISORY GTF

Greg Beitchman is VP Content Sales and Partnerships, CNN International. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing and developing the network’s content sales business internationally, with a focus on leveraging its broadcast and digital assets.

Hakan Altinay Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Hakan Altinay is the President of the Global Civics Acad- emy. Altinay is a global ethics fellow at the Carnegie Council, a world fellow at Yale University and the Director of the Europe- an School of Politics in Istanbul.

71 HE Ameera Binkaram (1978-2016) Chairperson, Sharjah Business Women’s Council

Ameera was focused on Arab women’s empowerment and leadership in the region. A true ambassador for progressive values, she was focused on a broad range of human, animal and environmental issues. Since 2010, Ameera had been the Chairper- son of Sharjah Business Women’s Council.

Ameera lost her life tragically and prematurely on October 22, 2016 along with her mother and sister. She will always be remembered as a pioneering change maker in the field of women’s empowerment.

Reem N. Bsaiso CEO G-TeN, Senior ICT Expert

Reem is a Senior Consultant specializing in knowledge economy policies and public reform; her focus is on merging ICT in Education and national training schemes, working with international agencies on ICT in Education in the MENA region, such as World Bank, UNESCO and EU Investment Bank. GTF ADVISORY BOARD ADVISORY GTF

Sir Dirk Brossé Conductor

Sir Dirk Brossé is a multi-faceted composer and a respected conductor on the international music scene. He is currently Music Director of ‘The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia’, Music Director of the Filmfestival Ghent and Music Director and Principal Conductor of the ‘Star Wars in Concert World Tour’.

Mrs Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani Founder & Chairman, Arab International Woman’s Forum

Mrs Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Founder Chairman, Arab International Women’s Forum is well known in international government and business circles as a high-impact change agent focusing on leadership in cultural and gender issues.

72 Lucian J. Hudson Director Of Communications, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY UK

Now in his fifth communications chief role, Lucian J. Hudson helps transform top organisations through strategic communications. He has held top communications posts in four UK government departments, including Director of Communication, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Director of e-Communications – the first holder of this post.

Muna AbuSulayman Co-Host, Kalam Nawaem MBC

Muna AbuSulayman, named one of the 500 Most Influ- ential Muslims in the World in 2009-2012 for her work in media, gender, leadership and education, is a very popular Arab media personality and humanitarian.

Valerie Keller

CEO, Veritas & WEF Young Global Leader BOARD ADVISORY GTF

An entrepreneur, consultant and public policy advocate, Valerie Keller’s work bridges sectors and industries. As CEO of a social enterprise she focused on sustainable models for economic development including field research and pilot programs serving more than 20,000 in the poor regions of the U.S. along the Gulf Coast.

Elizabeth Filippouli Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers Forum

Elizabeth Filippouli is an entrepreneur and global leadership expert with particular focus on accountable leadership and inclusive growth. She is the Founder & CEO of Global Thinkers Forum (GTF), an international organization that works as an agent for positive change by connecting international thought leaders and promoting values-based leadership, collaboration and cross-cultural understanding. GTF is a London-based and UK registered social-purpose organization with presence in 6 countries: UK, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, UAE, Saudi Arabia and a fast growth rate. It was launched in 2012 in Amman, Jordan under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania and is proud to have Board members representing more than 20 countries.

73 Roya Mahboob CEO, CITADEL

Roya Mahboob was named to TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2013 for her work in building internet classrooms in high schools in Afghanistan and for Women’s Annex, a multilingual blog and video site. Roya is an Afghan entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the founder and CEO of the Afghan Citadel Software Company, a full-service software development company based in Herat, Afghanistan.

Lucian Sârb Editorial Director and Board Member, Euronews

Lucian Sârb serves as the Editorial Director and Mem- ber of the Board of the global news channel, Euronews. Since 2009, Lucian has been in charge with the editorial strategy of the most viewed news broadcaster in Europe.

GTF ADVISORY BOARD ADVISORY GTF Saskia Sassen Columbia University

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Soci- ology and Co-Chair, The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University (www.saskiasassen.com).

Michael E. Economakis Executive Vice Chairman A.G. Leventis Group (PLC)

Michael E. Economakis is Executive Vice Chairman of AG Leventis. He started his career 34 years ago, in Coca-Cola Hellenic, the 2nd biggest bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in the world. As of Nevember 2012, he was appointed Board Director and one year later Executive Vice Chairman of A.G.Leventis Group (Plc), a conglomer- ate which operates in Nigeria almost 80 years. Michael E. Economakis is, also, member of the Board of Directors of GNCCT (Greek – Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Technology), and member of CEO ASSOCIA- TION GREECE.

74 Dr Roger Hayes FCIPR, Member Emeritus IPRA

Dr. Roger Hayes (FCIPR, Member Emeritus IPRA) is a leading international public relations and public affairs professional with 30 years experience in trade associations, corporations and consultancies and has also advised governments.

Akinwole Omoboriowo II CEO, Genesis Energy

Akinwole Omoboriowo II (AOII) is a 1993 graduate of Economics from University of Jos, alumni of the London Business School, from where he acquired specialist training in Electricity Pricing & Modeling course in 2006, and a 2011 Post-Graduate Diploma Alumni in Strategy & Innovation from the Prestigious Oxford University’s Said Business School, U.K. AOII has over 16 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Sector and Power Sec- tors in Africa.

Dr Daniel Fung BOARD ADVISORY GTF Vice Chairman, Salzburg Global Seminar

Daniel R. Fung, SBS, SC, QC, JP, is the first person of Chi- nese extraction who served as Solicitor General of Hong Kong (1994-8) under Chris Patten, the last Governor of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong and the Honorable C H Tung, the first Chief Execu- tive of the Hong Kong SAR, is a specialist in complex commercial litiga- tion and in public law.

George Mavrelis International Consultant, Insurance Industry Life

George Mavrelis is a senior business executive in Greek insurance industry since the decade of 1990, holding diversified positions in the Commercial and Operational sectors of Insur- ance Companies.

75 Gary Horsley International Communications Consultant

For more than 30 years Gary has been a consultant on international communications issues, helping to shape strategies that reach out to client audiences, markets and partners across the globe.

Marc Ventresca Fellow and University Lecturer, University of Oxford

Marc Ventresca is an organisational and economic soci- ologist who teaches strategy, leadership and organisation theory at Said Business School with a focus on innovation and on how new markets get built.

Dr Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis President, Biopolitics International Organisation, Athens,

GTF ADVISORY BOARD ADVISORY GTF Greece-President and Founder, Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome

Dr. Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis founded the Biopolitics InternationalOrgan- isation (B.I.O.) in Athens in 1985, to promote international cooperation and education for the environment.

Geraldine Sharpe Newton President, UK Media Society

Geraldine has had a 35-year career in media relations and corporate communications. She has been head of communications for three of the worlds major news organisations, CBS News (in New York), ITN (in London) and CNN International.

76 Salim Amin Chairman, Camerapix & Africa24

Salim Amin is Chairman of Camerapix, founder and Chair- man of The Mohamed Amin Foundation and co-founder and Chairman of A24 Media.

John Baguley CEO, International Fundraising Consultancy Group

John Baguley is the CEO of the International Fundraising Consultancy (IFC), which he founded in 2000. IFC works to ensure that civil society organisations have the most effective fundraising expertise to fulfil their humanitarian goals.

Nikos Koumettis President, Central and Eastern Europe of The Coca-Cola Company

Nikos Koumettis is appointed President, Central & Eastern Europe Business Unit of The Coca-Cola Company, based in Athens, effective August 1st, 2016. The Unit will comprise 26 diverse countries, with new ad- ditions, Russia, Belarus & Ukraine.He was previously appointed President, BOARD GROWTH GLOBAL Central & Southern Europe Business Unit of The Coca-Cola Company on April 1st, 2011, a unit comprising 23 European countries.

Sharon Schweitzer, J.D. Cross -Cultural Consultant, International Protocol Expert, Protocol & Etiquette Worldwide, LLC

Sharon Schweitzer is a cross-cultural consultant, business etiquette expert, international business consultant, sought-after speaker and award-winning author. She has built her career helping business leaders and organizational teams understand cultural differences.

77 Chris W. J. Gaunt Chairman, British Chamber of Commerce Turkey

Chris Gaunt is a highly accomplished and respected busi- nessman with invaluable international experience across a number of key business sectors. Having graduated in UK with a degree in Modern History. In January 2013 Chris was appointed Vice Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce Turkey and elected Chairman in July 2013.

Shannon McElya CEO, Green Successes

Shannon has a unique talent as a technology and partner evangelist to translate technology vision into compelling customer and partner benefits and create a partnership ecosystem.

Lili Hall Founder and CEO, KNOCK

Lili Hall is founder and CEO of KNOCK, inc., an independent branding and design agency. Commencing in 2001, the firm creates impactful brand stories and retail experiences by leveraging strategy, design and culture. Hall was honored as one of Ernst & Young’s Entre- GLOBAL GROWTH BOARD GROWTH GLOBAL preneurial Winning Women and received the WBE Star Award recognizing her industry contributions.

Deema Bibi CEO, INJAZ

Deema Bibi is currently the CEO of INJAZ, a non-profit organization established in 2001 with a mission to inspire and prepare youth to become productive members of their society and accelerate the development of the national economy.

78 Achilles Tsaltas Vice President, New York Times

Achilles Tsaltas is Vice President of The New York Times’ International Conferences, primarily overseeing sponsorship and business development, harnessing the full power of The NYT’s and INYT’s operations and platforms.

Louise M. Guido CEO and Managing Partner, ChangeCorp

Louise M. Guido is the CEO and Managing Partner of ChangeCorp, a mobile content services and app develop- er that creates and distributes highly relevant, localized content for ‘mobile-only’ middle class consumers in emerging markets.

Robert Davidson President, Arundel Consulting Inc.

Robert is the President of Arundel Consulting Inc. . Arundel Consulting develops business and tax strategies, marketing and communications for entrepreneurs with international ambitions. It GLOBAL GROWTH BOARD GROWTH GLOBAL works extensively with professional services firms, with clients in the contemporary arts world, and with leaders in the pharmaceutical and healthcare fields.

Sue Phillips Founding Director, The Frontline Clu

Sue Phillips career spans more than 30 years in high profile- news broadcasting. Sue is a founding Director of the Frontline Club in London a vibrant venue where a diverse network of journalists, photographers, aid workers and diplomats discuss, debate and network.

79 Hani Masri President, Tomorrow’s Youth Organization

A long time advocate for Middle East peace and children’s issues, Mr. Masri founded Tomorrow’s Youth Organization. This non-profit organization provides programs in Technology (IT), Arts, Sports and Health for impoverished children aged 4-8, as well as social and economic development programs for women.

Stephen Cole International Broadcaster

Stephen Cole is a veteran of international television news having fronted for Al Jazeera English, Sky News, CNNI, BBC World and BBC News 24 for the past 22 years. In addition, he was the inaugural host of the respected BBC News technology programme Click which he presented for six years. GLOBAL GROWTH BOARD GROWTH GLOBAL

80 GTF 2016 NED BOARD & EXECUTIVE TEAM

81 Martina Macpherson Managing Partner, SI Partners, GTF NED Board Chairperson

SI Partners is an independent consulting firm specializing in strategic Economic, Environmental Social and Gov- ernance advisory and research, investment content as well as education services. Clients include international asset management firms, pension funds, family offices, philanthropists, service providers, FinTech start-ups, charities and academic institutions.

Alireza Zaimi Managing Director, Global Equity Division of Bank of America

Alireza is a Managing Director within the Global Equity Division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. He heads the Asset Owners Groups in Europe, Middle East and Africa with a mandate to cover the most prominent private investment offices, asset managers and wealth funds for the firm across various asset classes.

Mir Kazim Ali Member, Advisory Council Dhahran British Grammar School

Mir Kazim Ali is actively involved in the development of youth and serves as Board Member at VISL WES School for Children with Special Needs in Karachi, Pakistan. He is one of the founding members of the institution and collaborates with the school management to improve performance and generate adequate funds.

Attiya Mahmood Pakistani Diplomat

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS BOARD DIRECTORS NON-EXECUTIVE Attiya Mahmood has served as a Pakistani diplomat for over 35 years. Her credentials include Ambassadorial posts to the Kingdom of Morocco, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Republic of Indonesia. Following her retirement, she has joined Ahemed E.H.Jaffer Foundation, a Not-For-Profit organization in Karachi, as its Chief Operating Officer. Besides, she is also the Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan First Initi- ative (PFI), and she also serves on the Executive Board of All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) Karachi.

82 Francois Blanc Co founder and Managing Director, Aerocom Ventures

Francois is an ex Mobile Telecom executive and Entrepre- neur focusing on large consumer facing opportunities en- abled by digital transformations. He is now advising CMO and CTO in the Telecom and Banking sectors. He is an Angel investor and Mentor in Startup accelerator programs, and developed Training Courses on Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation for large Corporations and Government bodies.

Fernando Salvetti Founder and Managing Partner, Logosnet

Fernando is a pioneer of immersive experiences, augmented reality and holography for visual communication, interactive learning and people development. An Italian epistemologist, anthro- pologist and lawyer, he is from Turin (Piedmont) and is used to travel all year round spending some weeks in a number of interesting places.

HE Burak Akçapar Ambassador at Turkish Embassy New Delhi, India

Ambassador Burak Akçapar is a career diplomat, scholar and columnist. He has been serving as Turkey’s Ambassa- dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, Nepal and Maldives since 2011. Previously, he was accredited as Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

Souad Talsi MBE Founder, Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s Centre

Born in Morocco, Souad came to the UK as a young child and has lived and worked here in London ever since. As an active member of her local community, she saw the need for a centre to serve women of Arab origin and founded Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women’s BOARD DIRECTORS NON-EXECUTIVE Centre.

83 Reem N. Bsaiso CEO G-TeN, Senior ICT Expert

Reem is an independent Senior Consultant specializing in knowledge economy policies and public reform; her focus is on ICT in Education and national training schemes, working with international agencies on ICT in Education in the MENA region, such as World Bank, UNESCO and EU Investment Bank.

Gary Horsley EUROMED & Media Networks

For more than 30 years Gary has been a consultant on international communications issues, helping to shape strategies that reach out to client audiences, markets and partners across the globe. During that time he has worked with major industrials, profes- EXECUTIVE TEAM EXECUTIVE sional services, government departments and NGOs, helping them to com- municate effectively across different cultures.

Ellie Papoutsani Projects & Partnerships Associate

Ellie is a project & events management professional. She has studied Modern Languages (BA) at the University of Essex, before focusing on PR & Events with an MA in Media & Public Rela- tions from the University of Newcastle and an MSc in Tourism and Events from the University of Sunderland. She has substantial expertise in entrepreneurship & startups’ education, acceleration, promotion & networking, working with ID-GC, an international organisation promoting entrepreneurship, and extensive experience in events management, working with international impact & entrepreneurship events such as Disrupt Startup ScaleUP, Global Entrepreneurship Week Greece & Cyprus and TEDMED Live Athens.

84 Katherine Barger Katherine Barger - Senior Editor, Global Thinkers Forum

Katie graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in Journalism and a concentra- tion in Public Relations. Prior to joining GTF, she worked as an attorney for several years, focusing primarily in religious asylum and international human rights, notably those of women affected by China’s One-Child Policy.

Dayang Milic Executive Business Support

Dayang graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Commu- nication. She started her career in tourism and hospitality in her native country before joining the luxury hotel chain Jumeirah Group in Dubai, UAE.

She then moved on to office management and administration for Emirates TEAM EXECUTIVE Beton, before joining Jetex Flight Support at the Dubai International Airport.

Konstantina Ntogka Digital Marketer

Konstantina Ntogka is a Digital Marketer with an entrepreneurial mindset. She has worked on digital innovation projects and has travelled across Europe as a Youth worker, collaborating on European youth projects and promoting social responsibility. She has implemented a series of entrepreneurial ventures working with the Euro- pean Parliament and the Centre of Promoting Young Entrepreneurship and Technology. She has been nominated as a World Youth Alliance Change Maker since 2013.

Looking ahead to GTF 2017

GTF continues to dedicatedly work towards the promotion of accountable leadership. We have a never-ending commitment to empower women and youth and also develop robust relationships of trust with thought leaders around the world. In 2016, we staged some exciting new partnerships, GTF-hosted networking opportunities and events.

In 2017, we are excited to grow further our Mentoring Programmes and expand our international presence to new countries and con- tinents.

GTF welcomes ideas for topics, speakers and possible strategic partnerships. We also welcome introductions to our global community, applications for the GTF Advisory Board and nominations for the GTF 2017 Awards for Excellence.

87 Special Thanks to:

The GTF Advisory Board, the Global Growth Board, the NED Board for their continuous support, insights, guidance and contributions.

They are all Ambassadors of Excellence and Ethos. Gratitude for their trust and dedication to GTF.

Profound thanks to all article authors for contributing their thoughts and expertise. The views reflected in their articles and interviews are independent. GTF is a platform that promotes thought diversity.

Special thanks to Turkish artist Ardan Özmenoğlu for her beautiful artwork that is featured throughout this publication.

Particular thanks to the amazing GTF 2015-2016 Team members for their commitment, ideas, words of wisdom and team spirit:

Eleni Reppa Sally Scamell Dayang Milic Ellie Papoutsani Priya Jain Katie Barger

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