Women of the Future Programme

🙌🙌 @womenoffuture PODCAST!! 🙌🙌 With the Women of the Future Awards for both the UK and Southeast Asia NOW OPEN, this week Kim spoke to SEA alumnae Tina Afiqah Tina is an author, creative therapist and co-founder of @parabelle.studios, a homegrown business in her native Brunei, with the aim of bridging generations to celebrate heritage through its contemporary collections of stories and illustrations. Tina was awarded the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Arts and Culture Award in 2023. The Award was in recognition of her innate ability and motivation to harness her profound knowledge and experience, to empower individuals in crafting a diverse array of literary works, ranging from preserving the rich tapestry of traditional Bruneian folklore to heart-warming children’s books. DOWNLOAD NOW! Search: ‘Women of the Future’ wherever you get your #podcasts from🎙️ #podcast #podcastrecommendation ——————————————— We want to continue to celebrate the inspirational stars across diverse sectors and need your support to ensure that these next generation of female trailblazers continue to be recognised. Spread the word within your network and organisation and put someone forward for this year’s Awards! Nominate for UK and Southeast Asia via our website: https://lnkd.in/dS6HyhD Or visit @womenoffuture for more details ⭐️

Earlier this week, we hosted our first Women of the Future Network event, in association with Rio Tinto. Held at their beautiful event space in London, our members gathered to gain insights and tips on how to lead with authenticity, being true to yourself whilst being successful. Thank you to our panel Sukki Menon, Ambassador Josefa Gonzalez Blanco Ortiz Mena, Rhona Hunt and Lucy Yurek for sharing your personal journeys and advice. The session left attendees with great takeaways: ✔ Remember to own your style ✔Being true to yourself doesn’t require being extroverted. Actions often speak louder than words! ✔Take time to reflect on your actions and ask yourself are you being true to yourself? We hope you to see you all again soon! #WOFNetwork #alumnae #members #connecting #newgeneration #authenticity #successful #beyourself Chris MacRae Pinky Lilani CBE DL Aruna Muthoo 🍵 Tina Chen Cathy Yitong Li Chris Southam Isabella Rocha Sabrina Li, PhD Emma Sergeant Coco K. Liu Usha Mittal Sharma Emily Carlson Dineshi Ramesh Rina Newton Kaie S. Sandi Simons Melissa Day Sujatha Thaladi Kate Quilton Vanessa Viana Thao Nguyen Malgosia Aitchison CA Haseena Chunara Shernaz Engineer Holly Woodcroft Charan Dhesi Dr Narisa Chauvidul-Aw Dr Pauldy Otermans Sophie Alexander Scarlett McCabe Valerie Dias Jas A. Judy Zhu Mia Cousins

Thank you to Naomi Kerbel for hosting this excellent podcast with our Chair & Founder Pinky Lilani CBE DL! Click on the link below to hear the full podcast! 🎧

Thank you to all this years #awa cohort for joining us at Pinky Lilani CBE DL house yesterday! What an incredible afternoon of kindness, connections and coriander! You are all so inspiring and true role models for the next generation of Asian talent in the UK! #inspiring #awa #kindness #connections Jasmine Dotiwala Amina Khan Eleena Misra K.C. Rina Newton Aruna Muthoo Patricia Brolly Manjinder Virk Diana Chao Sheherazad Kapadia Rina Ladva Ria Kinsley Dipalee Jukes Zaqia Rashid Karrie Liu (CMath FIMA)

We are delighted to host our first Women of the Future Network, in association with Rio Tinto in July! These events are a great opportunity for our community to come together, to hear from inspiring speakers and make meaningful connections. Let’s look back at some of last year’s photos as we look forward to seeing our members soon!

Our NatWest #AWA2024 Chairman’s Award has been awarded to Fawzia Koofi for her extraordinary story and determination for freedom and civil rights! Fawzia is an Afghan politician, writer, and activist. Before the Taliban took over in 2021, she served as the country’s first woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament and was a member of a 21-person peace negotiation team. Despite having to flee the country, she continues to work every day to fight for the rights of Afghan women through her charity, Women for Afghanistan. The judges were truly astonished by her unrelenting drive and the impact she has already made and they are certain will continue to make! They believe she will use this platform as a further way of highlighting the challenges in her country and as a way of mobilising even more support!

Diana Chao , Founder of @L2SMentalHealth is our winner of the #AWA2024 #Social & #Humanitarian Award, sponsored by Enterprise. Diana founded Letters to Strangers at 14 after bipolar disorder nearly ended her life. It is now the largest global youth-for-youth organisation destigmatising mental illness and increasing access to affordable treatment, impacting over 150,000 people on six continents. Diana has been honoured by two U.S. Presidents and named a Princess Diana Legacy Award Winner. She is currently an MBA student and Skoll Scholar at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.  So inspirational – many congratulations!

#AWA2024 Judges also highly commend Beenish Luqman for her ability to find new ways to make an impact in healthcare. Congrats! Worldpay With a background in molecular and cancer biology, Beenish is Founder and CEO of DiRibona, leading groundbreaking initiatives in sustainable agriculture, revolutionising soil health analysis, and tackling the looming global food crisis – amazing work! Well done!!

#AWA2024 The judges also awarded highly commended to suicide prevention researcher, Pooja Saini! Well done! Visa Pooja’s contributions have resulted in free community-based suicide prevention centres for men, an innovative community self-harm primary care intervention, and educational training for NHS staff.

#AWA2024 Huge celebrations for our next winner in #Science, Manjinder Virk Sponsored by Worldpay As the first Indian female Chief Biomedical Scientist at King’s College Hospital, Manjinder played a key role in the UK's COVID-19 response, setting up the first megalab. As a founder of Bioma, her goal is to provide access to innovative healthcare solutions, alleviate pressure on the NHS, and establish a supportive infrastructure for proactive and preventative diagnostics. She also advises health tech startups, is a member of Tech Advocates, and sits on the Diversity Economics Institute advisory board.