In our quest for resilience, the WiFA Women's Forum is bringing together corporate professionals, health and wellness experts who will cover the different angles and dimensions of resilience to thrive as a business and as individuals.

Our keynote speech, Managing Business in Unprecedented Times, by Sally Wan, CEO of AXA Hong Kong and Macau, will be followed by a Fireside Chat, Resilience Expanded: from survival to thriving in times of disruption, by Gina Marescia on 23 April.

Our Expert Panel, Dimensions of Resilience, will take place on 24 April with panelists covering Mental, Physical, Intellectual & Social and Spiritual and Holistic wellbeing.

Venue - via Virtual meeting details will be sent to registered attendees 2 days before the events

Time - 12:00 to 14:30pm on both 23 & 24 April

Cost: 150 HKD for both session

WiFA is committed to facilitating a forum for women in the financial services industry throughout Asia to connect, foster mutual support and growth, develop personal and professional skills and reach out to the larger community.

It’s quite surreal to think we’re approaching our 2nd (or 3rd for some of us) month of social distancing and working from home. For some of us who needed the peace and quiet of not working in an office, working from home is a blessing in disguise. For others who crave human interaction and haven’t had much of that for the past few weeks, working from home can be a struggle. Regardless of which side of the aisle you’re on, the WIFA Emerging Talents team has developed a limited “Virtual Lunch Series” to provide you with a virtual space outside of the work environment for dialogue and networking.

The objective of the series is threefold:

1. Maintain and build connections with our Emerging Talents members

2. Provide a virtual space for members to meet and talk outside of work (substituting for in person social gatherings)

3. Provide constructive content to members on how to navigate around the personal and professional obstacles during these unusual times

Venue - via Skype (meeting details will be sent to registered attendees)c

Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Friday 17 April

Guest Speaker: Jodi Schneider, Senior International Editor from Bloomberg News

Cost: 50 HKD

To ensure that the dialogue is engaging and inclusive, each session will be limited to 20 participants on a first come first serve basis.

We are featuring female thought leaders with the aim to inspire, promote innovation, and deliver impactful insights.

Venue - via Zoom (meeting details wil be sent to registered attendees)

Time - 18:00 to 19:30pm, Tuesday 28 April (Zoom link available at 5.50pm)

Cost: 50 HKD

Lynk is a Knowledge-as-a-Service platform that is disrupting the way business decisions are made. Peggy founded Lynk in 2015 with the mission of unlocking the knowledge and insights of experts from around the world, making knowledge more accessible to drive better decisions.

This session is of interest to everyone who is eager to learn more about earning expert consultant income. Lynk's network features over 630,000 experts, including C-level executives, retired senior management, thought leaders, scientists, managers, engineers, independent consultants, lawyers, accountants, and financial analysts.

Throughout the year, WiFA will host events to elaborate on the 2020 theme of 'Creating the Workforce of the Future'. The objective will be to celebrate women’s achievements by taking this world in our own hands and shaping its future.

Venue - via Zoom (meeting details wil be sent to registered attendees)

Cost - free of charge

Time - 18:00 to 19:30pm, Wednesday 13 May (Zoom link available at 5.50pm)

Diana is a former Financial Times executive, and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School's EMBA Global Asia. She is a board director, strategist and storyteller with a focus on helping companies and executives to be more entrepreneurial, resilient and successful in the face of constant change.

Right at home, HKEX rolled-out a week-long, multi-channelled campaign to bring the spirit of diversity and gender equality across our workplace and communities in celebration of International Women’s Day 2020. The campaign included the “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” event in collaboration with the global partners, a series of short videos featuring some of their inspiring women colleagues, and a number of social posts across HKEX’s channels.

Welcome to the WiFA Photo Collage, an online event that gives everyone opportunities to showcase their photos that matches our monthly theme.

In March, the WiFA Spotlight Series gave rise to the first photo collage through numerous fun photos that revealed a different aspect of our amazing people of WiFA.

In April, we are calling participation from EVERYONE. We want to know what you are up to during this period of social distancing! Please submit your

WORKING OUT Photos

Let's get physical! Share with us a photo of you walking, running, dancing, pushing the pram, lifting weights, or doing yoga with YouTube...

Photos submitted must be through re-sharing of the month theme post. Photos must be

Individual photos will be posted on to WiFA Social media accounts. Selected photos will be made into a photo collage that is published in the next Newsletter.

If you have further questions, please reach out to Connie Au.

Why not share your experiences, tag and follow us and keep up with the latest news, advice, tools, tips, events and blogs:

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It is hard to avoid spending a few hours online each day trawling through the news about COVID-19 and discussing possible outcomes. This information overload is part of dealing with the anxiety of our times. COVID-19 is arguably one of the biggest crises on a global level, and our thoughts continue to be with the people affected and the health professionals working around the clock to help those most in need.

At WiFA, we are working to do our part by ensuring the safety of our Team and our Members. For the past few months, we are conducting dry runs on different online meeting tools to bring our sessions to you virtually. The Steering Committee met to craft exciting new events, revamping existing programmes with the focus to help our members engage with each other while remaining remote. We will also be sharing information about ways members can support in the coming weeks. Please reach out to Bonnie Ohri, WiFA Executive Director with interests.

On a separate note, Benedicte Nolens and Bonnie So have taken the reins from Aoife McGillion and Kate Reid to be the co-Chairs for WiFA from January 2020. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce the 2020 committees and co-Chairs:

As many of you are aware, Jo Allum, WiFA Administrator, is moving back to the UK this summer. When her roles and responsibilities were reviewed, we knew that it was impossible to hire someone to replace her. So we restructured her responsibilities and divided up the work among several WiFA leads. We are delighted to identify Bonnie Ohri, WiFA Executive Director to provide oversight. She will work closely with the new WiFA leads who will support the organisation, corporate sponsors, and members:

WiFA works with HER Fund to provide a helping hand to Hong Kong's most neglected women and girls. Founded in 2004, HER Fund provides capacity-building, leadership training, and small grants to grassroots organizations led by and serving the city's most disadvantaged. HER Fund is also committed to enhancing the visibility of marginalized women and girls and the challenges they face. The organization's four focus areas are:

COVID-19 has not stopped HER Fund from their fight against gender inequality but it has forced them to restrategize their engagement with grantees. In the past few months, HER Fund has started using online meeting tools to conduct workshops and connect with community partners in order to better understand grassroots needs during this time. These meetings have further inspired grantees to employ different tools in order to creatively sustain outreach with their respective communities.

HER Fund is excited to partner with WiFA to bring network members closer to marginalized community leaders and issues. Please visit their website to learn more about HER Fund's mission and impact. WiFA Philanthropy will also be sharing information about ways members can support in the coming weeks. Please reach out to Penny Barsha or Karen Liu with interest.

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