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12/5/2010
Online webinar
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The Management Masterclass online webinar
An interview with...
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Speaker:
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Amanda Ellis
Lead Specialist, Gender Action Plan
World Bank
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Time:
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10:00am
Webinar will last no more than one hour and will be recorded for Gold Members to view afterwards.
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Venue:
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ONLINE WEBINAR
online
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Cost:
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$27.00 for non members - FREE for Silver, Gold and Platinum members. Log in to receive 100% discount.
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Profile:
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Amanda Ellis is the Lead Specialist for the World Bank Group Gender Action Plan to promote women's economic empowerment. The Action Plan is a $36m initiative over 4 years that promotes gender equality as smart economics. She manages the World Bank's Global Private Sector Leaders CEO Forum.
Ellis previously started the Gender Entrepreneurship Markets (GEM) initiative at the International Finance Corporation, assisting developing countries to improve the policy and regulatory environment provided by governments, providing lines of credit for women SMEs through commercial banks and practical initiatives to assist women business owners in developing countries. Some $49m was committed, with the first ever specific credit lines for women in Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Amanda was Head of Women's Markets and National Manager for Women in Business at Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia where she grew annual revenues by half a billion dollars in 3 years. An economist with specialization in international trade and development economics, Amanda previously worked for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for ten years, including roles at the OECD in Paris, NZ Consul to the French territories and manager of NZ aid programs in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.
Amanda is author of two best selling Random House titles, Women's Business Women's Wealth: Create the life you want at work and in business, released in Australia in July 2002, and Woman 2 Woman: New Zealand women share their experiences of career and business, released in New Zealand in February 2004. Amanda serves on the Board of the East-West Center Association in Hawaii and the OECD international advisory panel on women's entrepreneurship. She is a founding member of the Global Banking Alliance for Women and a member of Zonta International.
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