The Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative in partnership with the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia’s Women in Business Committee, and Quantum Leaps will hold a hybrid workshop on Tuesday, November 2nd from 9:00-10:30 am ET/4:00-5:30 pm KSA.

This workshop is part of a new program aimed at igniting women’s entrepreneurship and innovation in Saudi Arabia by bringing US entrepreneurs, experts, and business leaders together with Saudi counterparts to build relationships, share knowledge, and develop partnership opportunities.

Keynote welcome remarks

Martina Strong
Chargé d’Affaires
US Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Keynote speaker

Renée McGowan
President, Asia Middle East & Africa
Mercer

Featuring

Olivia Bellingham
Senior Vice President for Strategy (Middle East)
Mastercard

Teresa Carlson
President and Chief Growth Officer
Splunk

Kholoud Mousa
Partner and Head of Inclusion & Diversity
KPMG Saudi Arabia

Moderated by

Amjad Ahmad
Director, empowerME, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council

Jaime Stansbury
Executive Director
American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia

SPEAKER BIOS

empowerME at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East is shaping solutions to empower entrepreneurs, women, and youth and building coalitions of public and private partnerships to drive regional economic integration, prosperity, and job creation.

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