Rania Al Yassin was born on August 31, 1970. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University of Cairo in 1991. She applied this, first, to a banking career in Jordan and, later, to the information technology sector.
Rigoberta Menchú is an activist from Guetamala who has been fighting for indigenous rights since the early 70s. She was forced to leave her country so many times, or she basically had to leave herself because of the death threats. A great portion of her life has passed in countries outside of Guetamala. In 1992 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and she won it. Originally from the K’iche origin, Rigoberta fought for not only “K’iche”s, but also for all the natives of Latin America.
Chua Sock Koong is the Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SingTel. She was the company’s Deputy Group CEO and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a position she assumed in February 2006, before she took over Lee Hsien Yang’s CEO post in April 2007.
Mrs Tsitsi Masiyiwa is an African philanthropist and social entrepreneur who has devoted much of her life to empowering disadvantaged children through education and harnessing technology to create employment opportunities for young people.
Dr. Dalya Al Muthanna is the President/ CEO of General Electric (GE) Gulf. In her role, she develops the company’s business strategy for the Gulf region, leading business growth and driving cross business selling across General Electric’s portfolio.
Michelle Bachelet is also is known as Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria was born on September 29, 1951, in Santiago, Chile. In 2006 she became Chile’s first woman president and was popular for her deft handling of the 2008 financial crisis. She was the first female president of Chile and the first popularly elected South American president whose political career was established independently of her husband.
