HSBC Republic, the private banking arm of the HSBC Group, is the principal sponsor of the inaugural Arab International Businesswomen's Conference (AIBWC), which will take place at Dubai's Crowne Plaza hotel on 1-3 October.
The conference will focus on the development of women and their businesses, and offers them a chance to exchange ideas and forge business links. HSBC delegates will conduct two workshops. The first will be delivered by Halla Sakr, General Manager Credit Control and Risk, HSBC Bank Egypt on 1 October. She will focus on "How to get started in business and obtain finance.”
The second workshop, to be held on 2 October, covers "Second stage growth in your business." It will be run by Anne Moyle, a regional manager for HSBC in the United Kingdom (UK), and Lizzy Warren-Smith, Director of Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE). Anne and Lizzy have worked together in the UK expanding the WiRE network which offers all round business support to women operating in rural economies. Their workshop will cover many of the issues facing growing businesses, including the critical one of securing funding and how to prepare confidently to meet your banker.
HSBC Republic is the international private banking division of the HSBC Group. It is one of the world's leading private banking businesses, with client assets under management in excess of $151.7 billion. It has specialist private banking centers in 37 locations in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East, including Geneva, London, Zurich, Lugano, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Channel Islands, New York, Miami, Lost Angeles, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Singapore and Hong Kong. — (menareport.com)
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