In celebration of Women’s Month, W-Suite has announced that the inaugural W-Suite Summit is set to take place in Sandton, which will boast leading female speakers from a range of industries across the world.
Rooted in a meaningful drive and participation of women development, W-Suite is founded, in South Africa. W-Suite is a platform for advocacy and action aimed at bringing women into key leadership and operational roles, particularly in the C-Suite, a name given to top executives with the word ‘chief’ in their title, across organisations, markets and governments, with an explicit goal of increasing the number of Female CEOs of firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange by 10 per cent before 2025.
W-Suite Summit is the brainchild of Katie Mohammed, a dynamic charismatic television broadcaster, businesswoman, TV personality and the CEO and shareholder of Brandfusion. She said, “I attended a Presidential Investment Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, and felt like I was at the Oscars of leadership. The number of men in leadership far exceeded a small minority of women in attendance: Change needed to be affected, and that is where I saw the opportunity to start the W-Suite movement.”
W-Suite reflects on the unprecedented possibilities for women, with its launch coinciding with International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March, which spotlights the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women globally – a powerful counter-narrative to gender inequality; and with relevant support and exposure, will women continue to transform into senior leadership roles.
Sithembile Ntombela, acting CMO of Brand South Africa, W-Suite Partner, said, “W-Suite is a platform that reminds women to have the power to act. And if we know this reality we become aware and believe that we uplift each other.”
The W-Suite platform for advocacy will be held this July, in the wake of South African Women’s Month and will announce the launch of a call to the Fortune 500 and top listed companies in major stock exchanges around the world for gender equity in senior female management and board memberships in 2025.
Details: W-Suite www.wsuite.co.za
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