Carrying on with the theme and spirit of its running year, How Women Work is coming up with an inspirational event, inviting two top female executives from the industry in “East and West” for a talk this month.
The fringe event of Annual How Women Work Conference, held earlier this year, is centred on two inspiring female top executives from Qatar and Germany.
Janina Kugel, who will speak at this event, is Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG. She is globally responsible for the areas of Human Resources, Diversity, EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Before that she held various leadership positions at Osram and Siemens in the areas of Human Resources, Corporate Executive Development, Strategy and Innovation Management in Germany, Italy and China. Her encouraging TEDx Talk on “the power of being different” has brought her public renown.
“It is an honour to speak about the importance of increasing diversity in the workplace. The HWW Fringe Event in Doha gives myself and Sharoq al-Malki a great opportunity to demonstrate the shared values our cultures and companies have and the experiences we can share to help increase diversity in Qatar and the world,” said Kugel.
Sharoq al-Malki, the Executive Managing Director at Commercialbank Qatar, is the Qatari speaker at the event, who will give the audience insight into what it took for her to break through the glass ceiling.
In early 2015, al-Malki won the “100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders” Award, while in 2013, she won the “Young HR Professional Award” at the HR Summit and Expo 2013 in Dubai. She was also the winner of the Qatar Business Women Award for her outstanding efforts in the area of Future Goals and Financial Performance.
Currently she is pursuing her PhD in Business Administration from the Northcentral University, USA. She is an international speaker and a certified coach. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications. She is the author of A Piece of Peace book, which has been recently published by Amazon.
“With today’s diverse culture, bridging the gap has become a vital element on the impact of organisational performance and productivity. Today, through How Woman Work, connecting the dots, the East and West have become one,” said al-Malki.
Organised by the How Women Work Community, which is dedicated to empowering women in Qatar to grow and succeed, as well as to break down barriers and promote understanding, the event promises to once again be insightful and highly interactive in its nature.
The combination of these two speakers at one event, highlighting the commonalities of making it to the top as a woman, emphasising how important connection, collaboration and networking have been in their lives and careers, promises to add up to a truly inspiring event.
As is the rule with How Women Work, there will also be an interactive part, where audience members have the chance to ask questions of the speakers, enter into discussion and share their own experiences of rising through the ranks as women.
The HWW Community was founded in 2009 with the aim of empowering women to grow and succeed; reaching hearts and minds, breaking down barriers and promoting understanding across cultures and genders. It brings like-minded women together in Qatar to share knowledge, ideas, and ambitions, enabling them to make an even greater contribution to the local and national workforce.
The event is scheduled to be held at 7pm tomorrow, at Hilton Doha Hotel in West Bay.