Women in Finance Luncheon and Working Sessions will bring together female finance leaders at the top of their game to recognize their accomplishments and spark an exchange of ideas about how more women can win such key positions as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Director. 

This half-day program will not only provide a valuable networking opportunity but also deal directly with the specific challenges women face in progressing from senior managers to top executives. Special sessions are devoted to the different experiences in the Finance and Corporate World.

PROGRAMME

12.30 Networking Lunch

14.00 Welcome remarks

14.10 Changing the Game: Finance, Women and Leadership, The Banker case 

The Bankers case: it will be a woman with senior experience as private banker, in asset or risk management. What were the differences before, during and after the financial crisis, managing risks,....?

Women and Healthy Finance, The Chief Financial Officer case

The Chief Financial Officer case: it will be a woman who has senior experience as chief financial officer. What are the challenges for women who report to the Board of a company, what are things that women see different, do they organise differently, is their cash management different, project management.? What in the case of restructuring a company or in case of economic crisis?

Key Considerations of managing the Family and Finance – Family Office the best model to bring Finance together with Family, The Family Case  

The Family case: she has experience in Finance, Family Business, how one combines Family and Financial Business, Long Term and preservation of Wealth, Prudent, Family Office – Best way to keep our family values.

16.15 Panel discussion - Moderation: Diana Diels*

In this panel discussion, several influent and ambitious women will share their experiences and there stories. These women will describe the paths they took to the top and the keys to getting there.

*Diana Diels, born in 1966 is founding partner of the Luxembourg Association of Family Offices and president of Luxembourg For Family Office. She is a senior executive of the financial sector specialised in Wealth Management, Family office and External Asset Management. She studied economics and has a MBA in Finance. She was accredited by the CSSF in 1994 as Asset Manager and has more than 20 years of experience in Wealth Management. She worked for a Swiss Bank and managed family business in Information Technology, Business Process Outsourcing structures, Datacenters...  She has experience in financial engineering, management of SOPARFIS and is over 20 years present as an Independent Director at the Board of Directors of several companies (Financial Sector or privately held companies).