Women in Business: IE Alumni Talk

Female entrepreneurship and the presence of women on management teams have a positive influence on the social motivations and achievements of organizations.

IE believes that education is the best solution to bring more women into the boards and entrepreneurship. And the stories of our outstanding alumnae prove that.

Agenda

19.00 - 19.30 Registration

19.30 - 20.00 Celia de Anca, IE Professor of Human Resources and Organisational Behavior, will cover the topic of Diversity and Women Leadership.  Celia de Anca is Deputy Dean for Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion as well as Associate Professor of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at IE Business School. The language of her talk is English.

20.00 - 20.45 Panel discussion. Our remarkable alumnae will share their success stories and inspire you to take the first step towards this life-changing education.  The language of the panel is Russian.

Uliana Torkunova  - full-time MBA alumna and Founder&CEO of LetMePark – an innovative smart city start-up which aims to solve traffic issues in big cities. She has won Women Entrepreneur and Founder of the Year awards in Spain.

Kate Korotkova – full-time MBA alumna. Having lived and worked in London for over 10 years, Kate decided to leave a successful career at big corporations and pursue her entrepreneurial dreams.  She is now Venture Founder and Startup Mentor at the Silicon Valley based accelerator On Deck.

Anna Stavniichuk – EMBA Alumna, Chief Business Development Officer (Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania) at Teleperformance Russia Group (Moscow). Anna will share her experience of achieving a C-level position at one of the largest User Experience companies in the world.

20:45-21:00 – Presentation of IE University, our programs and special scholarships for women by Victoria Susakova, Director of Eastern Europe & Central Asia Office, IE Master in Management alumna.

Join us on December 2 to meet inspirational IE women, who will share their paths to success (thorny at times) and will speak very openly about what it takes to be a female business leader.  It will be an event about women but not for women only. We invite everyone to participate in the conversation and offer their views on the topic!