Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards

| Gacetilla de Prensa | 13.Marzo.07 |

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Call for applications for the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards

Inventive, passionate, determined, an entrepreneur needs to be all three.
History so far added a fourth requirement to this list: male. The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, however, intend to change this, and encourage more women to create their own businesses.

Launched in October 2006 by Cartier and the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards are a unique project to promote entrepreneurial values and foster the passion for initiative.

“This distinction aims to support meaningful businesses and enable budding initiatives to grow.

We hope to see new talents emerge and inspire more women to join the great entrepreneurship adventure”, says Mr. Bernard Fornas, President and CEO of Cartier.

Each year, following a personalized coaching period provided by McKinsey & Company, the consulting firm, and INSEAD, the graduate business school, along with Cartier, fifteen women will present their business plans before a high-profile international jury.

Among these candidates, five laureates, one from each continent, will be selected to receive the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards trophy and rewarded with a US$ 20 000 grant.

In addition to financial help, winners gain access to additional coaching support for a full year.

The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards Jury

There are five regional juries each composed of outstanding individuals from a large variety of fields, from the non-profit sector to the corporate world, all firm believers that women are instrumental in passing on entrepreneurial values to the next generation.

The quality and commitment of the jury guarantees a fair and thorough evaluation of each business plan based on creativity, sustainability and impact (environmental and social). The juries will be fully constituted in March. To date, the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards are honoured to receive the support of:

Africa

Essma BEN-HAMIDA, Co-founder and Executive Director, Enda Inter-Arabe, TUNISIA,
Jury member Africa
Zoë DEAN-SMITH, Managing Director, Visionary Growth & Development Consultants,
SWAZILAND, Jury member Africa
Saloua KARKRI-BELKEZIZ, Manager, GFI Informatique Maroc; founder, the Moroccan
Women Business Owners’ Association, MOROCCO, Jury member Africa.
Wendy LUHABE, Founder member, Women Investment Portfolio Holdings, Women
Private Equity Fund, SOUTH AFRICA, Jury President Africa.
Cheikh Tidiane MBAYE, CEO, Sonatel; President, Sonatel Foundation, SENEGAL,
Jury member Africa

Asia

Galia ALBIN, CEO, Almedia Group, ISRAEL, Jury member Asia
Kamal AHMAD, President and CEO, Asian University for Women Support Foundation,
BANGLADESH, Jury member Asia
Sung Joo KIM, Chairperson and CEO, Sung Joo Group & MCM Products AG, KOREA,
Jury member Asia
Michelle SASSOON, COO, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, SINGAPORE, Jury member Asia

Europe

Lynne FRANKS, Entrepreneur & Lifestyle Guru, UNITED KINGDOM, Jury member
Europe
Karoli HINDRIKS, Entrepreneur, GoodMood; PR & Marketing Manager, MTV Estonia,
ESTONIA, Jury member Europe
Margery KRAUS, President and CEO, APCO Worldwide, Jury member Europe
Loïc LE MEUR, Entrepreneur & Blogger, Executive VP & Managing Director of Europe, Six Apart, FRANCE, Jury member Europe
Annemarie VAN GAAL, Founder and CEO, AM Media publishing company; Founder,
the Independent Media Group; Investor, NETHERLANDS, Jury Member Europe
Spiros VOYADZIS, President, Partnerships for Finance and Development Group; Vice-
President, EPOS Health Consultants USA; former Director, World Bank’s Brussels
Office, GREECE, Jury Member Europe

Latin America

Roberto ARTAVIA LORÍA, President INCAE School of Business, COSTA RICA, Jury
member Latin America
Margarita VAQUER, Director of Public Affairs, Rincon de Corrientes S.A, ARGENTINA,
Jury member Latin America
Joyce VENTURA, Film producer, COLOMBIA, Jury President Latin America
Ricardo ZISIS DRINBERG, Publisher & Editor of Harvard Business Review América
Latina, CHILE, Jury Member, Latin America
Rosemary WINTERS, Director Latin America, CondeNast, COLOMBIA, Jury Member,
Latin America

North America

Humberto ANTUNES, President and CEO, Galderma Laboratories, Galderma Laboratories, USA, Jury President North America
Olivia FOX-CABANE, Executive Director, Spitfire Communications, USA, Jury member North America
Virginia LITTLEJOHN, President and CEO, Quantumleaps Inc., USA, Jury member North America
David PYOTT, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Allergan, USA, Jury member North America
Taryn ROSE, CEO, Taryn Rose, USA, Jury member North America

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