On 11 January, WIL Europe organised a Networking Cocktail and Dinner in London, in partnership with Osborne Clarke. The event included a discussion between Charlotte West, Executive Director for Global Communications at Lenovo, Board Director at the Lenovo Foundation and WIL Member, and Julie Baker, Head of Enterprise and Climate Engagement at NatWest, with moderation by Omar Al-Nuaimi, International CEO at Osborne Clarke. Following this, guests and speakers had the chance to mingle over a networking dinner.

On 7th April, WIL held a Networking Cocktail, hosted by WIL Member and Associate Dean of Advancement at INSEAD, Nida Januskis, in Paris. The cocktail brought together Members, Talents and their guests, and was the first WIL event in the capital in two years. A perfect opportunity for the inspiring discussions and memorable connections that we love at WIL!

We kicked off the last month of the year with a Networking Aperitivo at the family-owned Durrants Hotel in London on 2^nd December. The event was organised in collaboration with our Friend SAVVITAS and gathered a diversity of guests, including WIL and Savvitas Members and our WTP Talents. Another great opportunity to come together after a two year hiatus to discuss, exchange ideas and expand our horizons!

On 25^th November 2021, after two years of hiatus, WIL Europe organised a networking dinner in Brussels for our Members, WTP Talents, Alumni and their guests.

 

The dinner opened with welcoming remarks from our WIL Board Member and event host Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Director for General Affairs at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union. It brought together 18 women from different walks of life who had a chance to reconnect, exchange and be inspired in female-run restaurant, Gioia.

Thank you to all the participants for joining us on this occasion. We look forward to more Brussels-based get-togethers in 2022!

On the 23rd September 2021 we welcomed WIL Members, Talents, Alumni and selected guests for our first in-person event in nearly two years: a networking dinner in the beautiful city of Milan. This was held in partnership with Aument Coin and hosted by WIL Board Members Emanuela Palazzani and Enrica Acuto Jacobacci, with a virtual welcome by WIL President, Thaima Samman, and Aument Coin COO, Antoanela Chiritescu.

Despite February being the shortest month of the calendar year, we couldn’t think of a better way to make the most of it and get ready for the upcoming spring season than our afterworks!

Our local gatherings, addressed exclusively to the participants and Alumni of our Women Talent Pool program (WTP), bring up great opportunities to network and exchange fresh ideas in a pleasant atmosphere. As the saying goes: networking is sharing!

And with this purpose we kicked off the month with two afterworks in Paris and Brussels on the 4^th and 6^th of February 2020, respectively.

 

Left: participants in Paris. Right: participants in Brussels.

These afterworks allowed the participants and alumni of our WTP program to strengthen their relationships and gain different perspectives, but also to introduce our network to our guests, to UCL Alumni in Paris and to Brussels Binder in the European capital.

Thank you to all the attendees for your participation and to Emmanuelle Bautista, Counsellor for Services and Investment at the French Permanent Representation to the EU, and participant of our WTP program, for the great support in welcoming the participants  of the Afterwork in Brussels.

We look forward to seeing you soon at our upcoming events!

Our Members met again in Paris for a dinner on the 28^th of January 2020, in the framework of our regular exclusive dinners launched in November 2019 in the city of lights.

WIL Members, Guests and WIL’s Project Manager.

This get-together allowed the WIL Members based in Paris to catch up and exchange (but also to face the cold!) in a casual and pleasant atmosphere, giving a warm welcome to a few guests and making them discover our network. A great evening of exchanges both at a personal and professional level!

We hope that you are enjoying this initiative so far and that we will see you again at another Members’ dinner in Paris or Brussels!

Following a first exclusive Members Dinner in Paris in November 2019, our Members met this time in Brussels for a dinner on the 21^st of January 2020!

Group picture of the participants.

This gathering allowed the WIL Members based in Brussels to catch up and exchange in a nice and relaxed atmosphere. The diversity of attendees, which welcomed a few guests and Members from the network ‘Françaises d’Europe’, led to great exchanges both at the personal and professional level.

We hope that this first dinner in Brussels is only the beginning and will lead to more such gatherings in the European capital!

With Christmas just around the corner, there is no better way to get into the season’s jovial mood than to come together!

The participants and alumni of our Women Talent Pool (WTP) program met on the 3^rd and 5^th of December, in Paris and Brussels for a Christmas Afterwork.

 

Left picture: Participants of our Afterwork in Brussels. Right picture: View of the participants in Paris.

Two great occasions to catch up in an informal atmosphere, share their experiences of the program, and introduce our network to other women’s networks, such as Femmes de Santé in Paris!

Thank you to all the attendees for your participation and to Emmanuelle Bautista, Counsellor for Services and Investment at the French Permanent Representation to the EU, and participant of our WTP program, for the great support in the organization of the Afterwork in Brussels.

We look forward to seeing you soon at our upcoming initiatives.

  

Left picture: View of the participants in Paris. Right picture: Abigail Rowan and Siobhan Millbright during our Afterwork in Brussels.