Annual GBA Summit

The GBA’s Annual Summit is the flagship event for our membership. Each year, the event is co-hosted by a member bank in a different region of the world. With the presence of bankers, policymakers, multilateral and bilateral representatives, academics, and other stakeholders, the GBA Summit is the seminal and most comprehensive event for women’s financial inclusion in the world.

The 2018 GBA Summit will be held in Q4 in Beirut, Lebanon, hosted by BLC Bank.

Inside the Summit

Celebrating its 17th anniversary in 2018, the GBA Summit is the only banking conference of its kind — focusing exclusively on the power of the Women’s Market. Hear what past attendees have to say about what they gained from the experience, in their own words.

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Letter from Inez: November 2017

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The final day of the 2017 GBA Summit takes a look at the power of effective networks and how banks can help build them – both for staff and for women clients

2017 Summit: Day 2 Recap

The second day of the 2017 GBA Summit kicked off with a Keynote Address from Stephen Boyle, Chief Economist at RBS

“The experience we got out of the Summit was so rewarding — it really helped us draw
the road map and the whole strategy for our Women’s Market program at BLC Bank.”

Karyl Akilian

Head of Brand Management, Marketing Group, BLC Bank

“It’s one thing to have your development banker show up and say, ‘You should think about this.’ … It’s another thing to have somebody who is very successful and has actually implemented programs … show you how it worked.”

Julie T. Katzman

EVP and COO, Inter-American Development Bank

“[The Summit has] a good mix of countries who have gone further [with the Women’s Market] and those who are still starting, so those that are starting have the opportunity to learn from people that have done it before.”