WISTA President Despina Panayiotou Theodossiou will be participating in the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum. On the occasion of the Forum, the Club of Ports’ Programme will be organised in cooperation with WISTA.
The participants will be the following:
Introductory remarks :
H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, International Association for Human Values
Co-Chair :
Mrs. Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, President, Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association, WISTA
Mrs. Bouthayna Iraqui-Houssaini, Director General, Locamed, Morocco
Moderator :
Mr. Jamie Shea, Professor of Strategy and Security, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Speakers :
Mr. Abbas Ali Al-Naqi, Secretary General, Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, OAPEC
Mr. Adal Rhoubeid, Minister, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic, Niger
Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni, President, World Forum for Ethics in Business
Mr. Charles Cuvelliez, Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Mrs. Nadia Touby Eko, Director General, International Society of Transit and Transport, Congo
Mrs. Anita de Werd, Head of Marketing & Business Development for Africa, Maersk
Mrs. Christa Sys, BNP Paribas Fortis Chair on Transport, Logistics & Ports, Antwerp University, Belgium
Rev. Esther Ajayi, Founder, Esther Ajayi Foundation, United Kingdom
Crans Montana Forum
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