Event: 2021 ADB Asia and the Pacific Virtual Gender Forum l The Power to Transform: Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific [VIDEO] The Business Case for Financing Women—ADB PSOD 25 November 2021 Author / Speaker Christine Engstrom Sucharita Mukherjee Debbie Watkins Vineet Sukumar Rusudan Baratashvili Amanda Satterly In this 60-minute session, ADB’s Private Sector Financial Institutions Division will showcase financial institutions which are banking women in innovative ways. The session will provide insights into different financial institutions’ journeys to identify and capture the business opportunity that women borrowers present. Founders and CEOs of financial institutions and neo banks will share their experiences on how they use creative business models to finance women. Speakers: Christine Engstrom, Director, Private Sector Financial Institutions Division, Asian Development Bank Amanda Satterly, Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank Sucharita Mukherjee, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kaleidofin Debbie Watkins, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lucy Vineet Sukumar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vivriti Asset Management (VAM) Rusudan Baratashvili, Head, SME Value Added Service Development Department, Bank of Georgia Link: https://www.adb.org/womens-finance-exchange Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Topics Private Sector