16th Annual Summit of the Global Banking Alliance

The GBA is pleased to announce agenda details for the 16^thAnnual Summit of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, to be held November 14 to 16 in London, and hosted by NatWest, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The agenda for the 2017 Summit has been built around the theme “Catalysing Growth in the Female Economy: Leveraging the power of connection.” This highly informative, interactive conference will look at topics like:

• The future of financial services for women
• Gender lens investing
• Disruption that enhances the Women’s Market value proposition
• Effective diversity and inclusion practices for financial services
• Building effective customer networks
• The business case for insurance tailored for women
• Adding value for women through the credit card market

In addition to engaging best practice panels and networking opportunities, the 2017 event will kick off with the “GBA Master Class: An introduction to the Women’s Market & EBRD Women in Business discussion panel,” focusing on the cases of 3 highly successful GBA Best Practice banks and the work EBRD banks are doing around the world to support the growth of women entrepreneurs. The Master Class will be followed by the “GBA Policy Forum: Key enablers of women-led SMEs in the UK,” which will conclude with a working session of the All-Party Parliamentary Committee on Women and Enterprise, of which NatWest is a member.

Attendance at the Summit is by invitation only. GBA members should check their inboxes for their link to the Summit registration site and instructions on how to register. If you are not a GBA member but are interested in attending the 2017 Summit, please write to [email protected] with a brief description of your interest in attending the event.

The 2017 Summit is sponsored by the Dutch development bank FMO and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).