Saadya Riaz
Saadya Riaz was appointed as Head of Consumer Private & Business Banking, Pakistan in March 2022. Saadya has over twenty years of banking experience with multinational banks and a local bank within Pakistan.Saadya has worked at SCB for 17 years, over two stints, and for the past five years she has led Premium Banking at a Global Head of Premium Banking in Singapore. Previously, she has worked in the AME Region as Regional & Country Head of Segments, AME & UAE.
SATURDAY Saturday 2nd March
Navigating Economic Challenges
Location: Hall 1
Inflation is a debilitating economic condition that impacts women and marginalized groups first. While the research shows that women have less money to begin with, crises like shrinkflation and recession mean that they pay double the prices on items of daily use with an additional cost if those items are deemed a luxury. The last three years have seen a significant amount of women talking about the rising costs of fuel impacting their mobility to being forced to take very hard decisions for their children. In this panel we will examine the structural barriers that impede women's productivity and the intersecting effects of inflation on women's lived realities.
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