DUBAI: The speakers and special guests at the Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit in Riyadh on May 20 and 21 will include the UK’s former prime minister, Theresa May, organizers revealed on Monday.
She will close the summit, at the St. Regis, with a talk moderated by Ellie Austin, the editorial director of Fortune Most Powerful Women, an invitation-only community of leaders from a wide range of industries worldwide.
The former leader of the Conservative Party, who was Britain’s prime minister from 2016 until 2019, will give her views on fractured trade ties, the erosion of multilateralism, and the race toward a greener economy. She will also talk about navigating globalization, seizing opportunities in the energy transition, and the need for bold and creative leadership in a volatile world.
The summit, which has the theme “A New Era for Business: Partnering for Global Prosperity,” is Fortune’s first international summit in the Middle East region. It aims to bring together 125 of the world’s most influential female business leaders.
The full lineup of speakers features public-sector leaders including: Ambassador Haifa Al-Jedea, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the EU; Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo; Neema Lugangira, a member of Tanzania’s parliament; and Silvana Koch-Mehrin, president and founder of non-profit organization Women Political Leaders.
Representatives from the private sector include: Amel Chadli, Gulf cluster president of Schneider Electric; Leah Cotterill, Cigna Healthcare’s CEO for the Middle East and Africa (excluding Saudi Arabia); Shazia Syed, general manager of the Personal Care Business Group with Unilever Arabia (GCC), Turkey, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and head of Unilever Arabia; and Julie Sweet, the CEO of Accenture.
