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MIGA’s Gender Leadership Award takes place each March in honor of International Women’s Day. This year’s recipient was Claudia María González Arteaga, Chief Financial Officer at Bancóldex in Colombia. It was the first in-person ceremony in four years and saw a crowd of over 100 attendees. The Gender Leadership Award is MIGA’s flagship annual event and recognizes the accomplishments of clients who promote gender equality both through their work and in their workplace. 

González traveled from Bogotá, Colombia to receive her award in Washington. “On behalf of Bancóldex and all my teams, we accept this generous acknowledgment,” she said during her acceptance speech. “And this incentivizes us to continue having an impact on the Colombian economy and to close gaps and create opportunities for all businesswomen.”

The award ceremony also featured a keynote address from World Bank Group Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer Anshula Kant, as well as words from MIGA Executive Vice President Hiroshi Matano and Vice President and Chief Risk, Legal and Administrative Officer Ethiopis Tafara.

“Bancóldex CFO Claudia González has been a champion for female entrepreneurship and a driving force for the development of new products,” Matano said. “Her commitment to excellence in leadership and to furthering gender equality makes this award a well-deserved acknowledgment of her professional achievements and endeavors.”

The ceremony was capped by a panel discussion moderated by Joan M. Larrea, Chief Executive Officer of Convergence. In addition to González, the panel included Christine Souffrant Ntim, Founder and CEO of Global Startup Ecosystem; Junaid Kamal Ahmad, MIGA’s Vice President of Operations; Maya Khonje-Stewart, Co-Founder and Director of Yellow Solar Power; and Mohamed Gouled, IFC’s Vice President of Industries.
 

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