Event: Seminar

Women entrepreneurs: Key agents for inclusive economic growth

How does one measure female entrepreneurship? KPMG is hosting a seminar on the topic.

Date and time

Date: 16 June 2022

Time: 15:00 - 17:00

Location: Oslo

Additional information: Arranged by KPMG

On June 16 KPMG is hosting a seminar where key achievements and challenges within women’s economic empowerment will be presented. Eksfins CEO, Tone Lunde Bakker, is attending the panel discussion on female entrepreneurship. Ms. Lunde Bakker is a We-Fi Leadership Champion and dedicated to the topic.

No country can achieve its full potential until women have the same opportunities as men. A powerful tool for women’s equal participation is to start and grow their own businesses. Many actors are designing policy instruments and implementing measures to stimulate and support women in their efforts to secure their own livelihoods and create jobs.

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Program

Welcome
Lars Inge Pettersen, CEO KPMG Norway

Introduction
Thomas Fugelsnes, Director KPMG Norway

– Presentation of We-Fi
Wendy Teleki, Head of the We-Fi Secretariat (World Bank)

– Panel discussion
Wendy Teleki, Head of the We-Fi Secretariat (World Bank)
Tone Bakker, CEO of Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) and We-Fi Leadership Champion
Per Bondevik, Senior advisor, Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS)
Arthur Sletteberg, CEO of Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI)
Moderator: Eva Langaas, Senior Manager KPMG

– Q & A

– Mingling and refreshments

 

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