Women World Banking Leadership Program – Apply Extended

Application deadline extended!

​​​​​​​​​​The Leadership & Diversity Program for Regulators

is now accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Join our 12-week program that equips senior officials (gender inclusive) from central banks and other regulatory agencies in emerging markets with the skills to create an enabling environment for women’s financial inclusion and develop women leaders within their institutions. From May 2 – July 29, participants join a series of interactive, live online sessions, individual and group assignments, peer action learning and expert consultation opportunities.

Don’t wait, ​​​​​apply today!
Limited spots and scholarships available.

Learn more about the program and FAQ’s in our brochure.
Have questions? [email protected]

What happens:

Participants join a series of interactive, live online sessions, individual and group assignments, peer action learning and expert consultation opportunities. Each senior official identifies a policy initiative to advance women’s financial inclusion, and selects a high-potential woman leader from their institution with whom to partner in designing and implementing this initiative.

The senior official invests in the woman leader’s professional growth through career mentorship and sponsorship. Senior officials will receive 4 executive coaching sessions.

Why it is unique:

For nearly 20 years, Women’s World Banking has trained leaders from more than 80 countries. This is the only program for financial regulators at the intersection of leadership development and women’s financial inclusion. It equips participants with technical and strategic know-how to design gender-inclusive policy, and leadership skills to affect change.

With a specific dual-track approach, senior officials gain the tools to sponsor their women leaders, modelling an approach for building a pipeline of gender diverse talent within their institutions.

We invite senior officials to join this unique program for financial regulators at the intersection of leadership development and women’s financial inclusion.

The virtual program begins in May 2, 2022.

About Oxford University’s Saïd Business School

Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford blends the best of new and old. We are a vibrant and innovative business school, but yet deeply embedded in an 800 year old world-class university. We create programs and ideas that have global impact.

We educate people for successful business careers, and as a community seek to tackle world-scale problems. We deliver cutting-edge programs and ground-breaking research that transform individuals, organizations, business practice, and society. We seek to be a world-class business school community, embedded in a world-class University, tackling world-scale problems.

About Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)

AFI is the world leader on financial inclusion policy and regulation. AFI is a member-owned network of over 100 financial inclusion policy-making and regulatory institutions from 90 developing and emerging countries around the world, covering up to 85 percent of the world’s unbanked. AFI promotes and develops evidence-based policy solutions that help improve the lives of an estimated 1.7 billion unbanked, out of which almost 1 billion are women, who do not have access to formal financial services. AFI member institutions endorsed Denerau Action Plan in 2016 and committed to narrowing down the financial inclusion gender gap and promoting female leadership in their own jurisdictions.

Tuition cost: Fee per institution/pair:

Non-members of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion: USD 7,000
Members of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion: USD 5,000

The program fee includes access to all virtual content, course materials, executive coaching (senior regulators), and engagement in all peer activities and expert advisory for two participants per institution.

Full scholarships are available. Only completed applications will be considered.

Email us for more information after submitting your application.

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