Leadership and Diversity Programs

Accelerate Women’s Leadership for Gender Inclusive Financial Services

Our leadership and diversity work supports today’s financial inclusion leaders and the next generation of diverse talent. We offer programs and strategic diversity consulting to enhance individual and team effectiveness, create inclusive workplaces, and promote more inclusive policy environments.

Take the future further with diverse and skilled leaders

Our leadership programs help institutions create inclusive workplaces to attract and retain diverse talent and to develop innovative financial products and services that meet the needs of low-income women.

We use a variety of learning approaches – in-house training, executive coaching, peer exchanges and diversity consulting – to support participants and their institutions to lead through complexity and change.

We have engaged 326 participants from 78 institutions in 47 countries through our leadership and diversity training programs.

Global Open Enrollment Programs

Learn More About Our Work with Regulators

Women’s World Banking supports government ministries and regulators to design and implement policies that drive women’s financial inclusion and promote gender diverse leadership in the financial sector.

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Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators

This is a global leadership program for senior officials from central banks and other regulatory agencies and high-potential women from their respective institutions. Each senior official identifies a gender-inclusive policy initiative to sponsor at their institution and will work with their high-potential woman leader to implement it.

“The Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators has revolutionized my thinking and would help me in designing better policies and products for women’s financial inclusion.”

Noor Ahmed
Director, State Bank of Pakistan

“The program was not only an eye opener on how to make me a better leader. It was a life changing experience that will help me better design women-sensitive & more gender-inclusive policies. I would highly recommend this program for any executive woman.”

Sara Eid Amin Sabry
Head of Transparency and Citizens Engagement Unit
Ministry of Finance – Egypt

Learn More About Our Suite of Offerings

Training Leaders and Promoting Diversity to Better Serve Low-Income Women

Women’s World Banking offers regulators and financial service providers a range of programs that build individual leadership capabilities, enhance team effectiveness, make work environments more gender-inclusive and accelerate change to enhance women’s financial inclusion.

Our Regional and Institutional Programs

Women in Leadership

This program is designed for high-potential women leaders and equips them with the tools to develop their leadership vision and an action plan to make that vision a reality. More broadly, the program supports institutions in building a diverse workforce, developing talent, and succession planning.

Women Advancing Leadership

This program is for Women’s World Banking’s Women in Leadership program alumnae from regulatory agencies and financial service providers who are now serving in senior roles. Each week, participants gather for live online sessions covering topics such as emotional intelligence, influence and persuasion, mapping power dynamics, motivating teams and leading change. Participating leaders will gain self-awareness of their unique leadership contribution and chart a path forward.

Senior Management Program

This program is highly customized for senior executive teams focusing on individual and team effectiveness, leadership and management skills and leading organizational change.