Panel on "Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Gender Bias in Leadership"

🌟 Join us for an insightful panel discussion on "Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Gender Bias in Leadership" featuring exceptional women leaders! 🌟

🗓️ Date: September 12th
🕒 Time: 18:00 to 20:00
📍 Location: Nio House Rotterdam - 80 Meent, Rotterdam, ZH 3011

We invite you to join this engaging session during which our esteemed panelists will share their experiences, challenges, and strategies for navigating and challenging gender bias in various leadership roles. They will delve into topics such as fostering inclusivity, advocating for diversity, and empowering the next generation of leaders.

Our panelists:

Petra Beris is the Co-founder and Director of TransitionHERO, a company dedicated to helping GreenTech startups scale their technologies through algorithmic design. Leading the company since April 2019, Petra has driven numerous impactful and innovative projects from Rotterdam, Netherlands. She previously chaired Engineers Without Borders Netherlands, where she promoted sustainable solutions for developing countries. Petra brings extensive experience in new business and innovation management from her time at Tebodin, focusing on circular economy initiatives, and at Allseas, where she led multidisciplinary engineering projects and innovation efforts.

Anita Vink-Abaisa is a versatile professional excelling as Project Leader at Gemeente Leiden while also directing Ibias VR. With a rich background in education, entrepreneurship, and leadership, she empowers and networks for black women through her initiative, Black Ladies Talk. Additionally, Anita is a committee member at VRARA Netherlands and has held impactful roles at organizations like SheCredit Kredietunie Nederland and Humanitas. Passionate about learning and facilitating growth, Anita is dedicated to fostering positive change in her community and beyond.

Liezel van Beek, originally from South Africa and now residing in The Netherlands, is a Life and Energy Leadership coach (MPsych, IPEC CPC, ELI-MP) for individuals and companies eager to shift to uncharted levels of personal and professional success. Her dynamic toolkit leverages science-based tools, creative thinking, and confidence in applied intuition to drive transformative change. In addition to leading Access to Africa, an international trade agency, Liezel recently founded Zijdebeek Coaching and Consulting. She blends a distinctive skillset honed through an academic background in journalism and psychology, a passion for art, literature and diverse cultures, and two decades of entrepreneurship, to identify and unlock her clients’ highest potential.

🎟️ Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and be part of the conversation to drive positive change! RSVP now to secure your spot.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

NIO House Rotterdam, 80 Meent, Rotterdam, Netherlands