16 March 2022, 1 - 2pm (CET) Impact Stories: Meet Women Drivers in the Financial Sector: Yasmina El Hosseiny and Stephanie Petrick
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Sarah Hessel, Manager Impact & Sustainability, Finance in Motion Speakers: - Yasmina El Hosseini, Head of Strategic Planning, Export Development of Egypt - Stephanie Petrick, Impact Investing Expert & Senior Advisor Impact Investing, Phineo26 January 2022, 1 - 3pm (CET) Closing the Gender Gap: Sure, But How To Really Do?
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Sana Bardawil, Co-Chair & Board Member, Arab International Women’s Forum Speakers: - Eng. Elham Zeadat, CEO, Co-Owner & Founder, CEO BLOOM Dead Sea Gift Enterprises, Jordan - Reghina Ribalev, Manager, Finance in Motion - Rola El Amine, Innovation Business Manager, Vitas Group - Maha Whiteway, Senior Consultant – Transport Advisory, Mott MacDonald15 December 2021, 1 - 3pm (CET) Women in STEM: Drivers for Innovation
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Dr. Cate Morgan, Research Center Jülich, Coordinator Palestinian-German Science Bridge Speakers: - Dr. Carola Meyer, Group Leader, Physics Department, University Osnabrück, Deputy Spokesperson Equal Opportunities, German Physical Society - Teresa Spanò, Equality Officer, Max-Planck Society - Hala Barakat, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, AUC School of Business24 November 2021, 1 - 2.3pm (CET) Impact Stories: Meet Womenpreneur-Initiative
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Charlene Wohlsperger, Digital Strategy Lead, Finance in Motion Speakers: - Sana Afouaiz, Founder & Director, Womenpreneur-Initiative - Menna Shahin, Founder She Travels, Co-Founder Tekeya - Nisrine El Turky, Founder & CEO of Internet of Trees (IOTrees)31 March 2021, 1 - 3pm (CET)Shaping post‐COVID‐19: How can the Pandemic be a Catalyst for Progress?
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Kathrin Lemke, Representative, German Industry & Commerce Office, Qatar Keynote: HE Brigitte Zypries, Former German Minister for Economy Speakers: - Prof. Sabine Wölflick, Munich University of Applied Science, Design Thinking Munich, Germany (covering the aspect of training/coaching innovative thinking) - Sahana Arun Kumar, Managing Partner, Avrio Impact SAS (covering the aspect of digitalization) - Nadine Chehade, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP - Dr. Elham Kateeb, Co-chair for OWSD, Organization of Women in Science in Developing Countries/Palestine Chapter, Dean of Scientific Research, Al‐Quds University17 March 2021, 1 - 3pm (CET)Women in the Health Sector: Navigating the Pandemic
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Nicole Formica-Schiller, CEO & Founder, Pamanicor Health AG, Switzerland Speakers: - Dr. Oualae Al Alami, Vice President, Cluster Lead for Egypt, Levant, Iraq and Iran, Pfizer Biopharmaceutical Group, UAE - Hanan Saab, Owner Pharmamed, Lebanon -Tom Ruyten, Head of Enterprise Service, Market Development Europe, Middle East & Africa, Siemens Healthcare GmbH -Yara Abo El Waffa, Healthcare Technical Advisor, Mott MacDonald17 February 2021, 1 - 3pm (CET)Diversity & Inclusion: Stepping back in times of Corona?
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Carla Everhardt, Attorney at Law, Associate Partner, Roedl & Partner Speakers: - Katja Ploner, Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, Siemens AG, Germany - Malek Dardour, Cluster Head GCC, Henkel, UAE -Ashraf Al Mamari, People Function Leader, OQ, Oman -Lisa Kepinski, Founder & Director, Inclusion Institute, Co-Founder & Partner, Inclusion Nudges Nancy Samy, Executive Director for Sanabel-The Microfinance Network of Arab Countries27 January 2021, 1 - 3pm (CET)Financing Women Entrepreneurs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Zoom call, only upon invitation, no fee Moderator: - Iveta Tancheva-Nikolova, Director, Finance in Motion Speakers: - Yasmina El Hosseiny, Head of Strategic Planning, Export Development Bank of Egypt - Tamara Abdel-Jaber, Partner, Amam Ventures - Sana Afouaiz, Founder and Director, Womenpreneur Initiative- Hiba Mansour, Founder & CEO of Sajilni.com
Virtual Meeting Series
Outline
The pandemic has affected girls and women specifically and disproportionately. Across every
sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID‐19
are exacerbated for women and girls. Women are playing an outsized role responding to
COVID‐19, including as frontline healthcare workers, caregivers at home, and as mobilizers in
their communities. Women have lost their jobs or seen their employment situation
deteriorate while being overstreched due to their precarious employment condition. Women
have suffered violence in their homes during confinement. From there, we must remind the
importance of not abandoning, but rather reinforcing our commitment to foster equal
participation in decision‐making processes, to empower women on all levels and to secure
their active role in post‐pandemic times.
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Session 8: Impact Stories: Meet Women Drivers in the Financial Sector: Yasmina El Hosseiny and Stephanie Petrick
Learn from inspiring women in the financial sector who are committed to sensibilizing staff at all managerial levels towards gender issues and equality. Discuss how to successfully boost gender lens finance in support of women’s financial inclusion. Meet our moderator Sarah Hessel (Manager Impact & Sustainability, Finance in Motion) in conversation with Yasmina El Hosseiny (Head of Strategic Planning, Export Development Bank of Egypt) and Stephanie Petrick (Impact Investing Expert & Senior Advisor Impact Investing, Phineo)exploring their expertise in the financial sector, covering the topics of gender policies, gender lens products,, design and implementation as well as impact management.

Dr. Gabi Kratochwil
Chairwoman, GAWBL and Owner, CrossCultures, Germany
For more than 20 years Gabi has been strongly committed to the dialogue and network of German and Arab women leaders, having initiated in 2007 the first Arab-German Businesswomen Dialogue at the Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual Arab-German Business Forum, also partnering with the Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF). In 2018 she organized and chaired the first German-Arab Women Business Leaders’ Summit (GAWBL-Summit 2018, www.gawbl-summit.com) held under the Patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in cooperation with Ghorfa with more than 200 high-profile experts, leaders and decision-makers from Germany, Arab countries and the international community. Among its many initiatives, GAWBL has been setting up in 2019 the “Young Women Program”-Study Tour in cooperation with the Qatari Businesswomen Association. A tailor-made study trip for young female leaders from Qatar and Germany that connects and promotes young talent through exchange.
Gabi has been designing and facilitating workshops & events around the world supporting companies, institutions and organizations in implementing a more inclusive corporate culture, setting up diverse teams and working virtually together in a global work environment. She teaches Diversity Management at the University of Freiburg, mentors young female entrepreneurs and coaches individuals on career development, personal goal setting and resilience. Her intercultural business handbook on the Arab World has been ranked No. 5 of the top management books by The Financial Times. Her book on successful women in the Arab World set a milestone.
As a high impact coach and proven expert, she has been advising policy makers, business leaders and companies sharing her expertise and passion for building bridges and connecting people. Gabi has been awarded with the Global Diversity Leadership Award 2017, World Women Leadership Achievement Award 2015 and is a member of the Board of Directors of Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2006 and a member of the Society for Intercultural Training and Research.

Sarah Hessel
Manager Impact & Sustainability, Finance in Motion

Yasmina El Hosseiny
Head of Strategic Planning, Export Development Bank of Egypt
I completed my Bachelor Degree with specialization in Economics and Business Administration from the American University in Cairo and graduated with Honors in 1997. in 2013, I completed my MBA degree from Edinburgh Business School ,Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Attended distinguished leadership courses such as I Lead (Barclays in-house course) in 2013 followed by Future Leaders at EBI in 2017.

Stephanie Petrick
Impact Investing Expert & Senior Advisor Impact Investing, Phineo
Previously, Stephanie Petrick worked for the German impact investing pioneer Impact in Motion, for Ashoka Germany and was Principal at L.E.K. Consulting, an international strategy consultancy. She is a graduate of the European School of Business in Reutlingen (D) and the Reims Management School (F) and holds a degree in Foundation Management from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel (D).