Global Roundtable

Our guest is Amanda Ellis, former lead specialist, Gender and Development for World Bank in Washington DC. In this role Amanda spearheaded an exciting new global research program to document the ease of Doing Business for Women across 180 countries. She also managed the World Bank’s Global Private Sector Leaders CEO Forum to promote women’s economic empowerment.

Joining Amanda are two amazing women (one from The Philippines and the other from Singapore). These women’s businesses aided by the programs World Bank has spearheaded and are both inspiring, successful entrepreneurs who share their stories.

Watch this webinar to hear:

• Why it’s important to give back and be social entrepreneurs
• Trailblazer stories
• Inspiring accounts of the mistakes the speakers made and how they overcome them
• A different point of view of doing business

From Elim Chew of 77th Street we hear how:

• the local business environment has helped her business
• how being a young person in business initially worked against her
• how she used innovation to diversify her product range
• the role that hiring and training the right staff has made to her success
• how she’s ‘giving back’ to inspire other entrepreneurs

From Pacita Juan you hear how:

• Pacita helps her franchisees navigate the maze of procedures for setting up their businesses
• She’s worked with government to develop a special credit product
• Growth led to challenges with capital and raw products
• The countries coffee industry was revitalised through her innovative work with the land
• Why she’s working with the Women’s Business Council to help other women

**This webinar was originally presented in 2009. While the stories are now a few years old we’re sure you’ll enjoy seeing how a these women are making a big difference to others through social entrepreneurship.

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