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The Daily FT-Interbrand International Women’s Day 2023 gala will be held tomorrow Friday 7 April at 7 p.m. at the host hotel Cinnamon Grand with a night of insights from senior and young women leaders and an exciting lineup of top names in the entertainment industry.
Billed as an event with a difference to amplify the combined themes of 2023 Women’s Day - “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” and “EmbraceEquity”, the gala is already sold out hence sought after.
German multinational and one of the world’s largest medical and pharmaceutical device companies B. Braun’s Sri Lanka and Maldives Managing Director Dr. Nathalie de Dieuleveult will keynote the evening.
A French national and long-term B. Braun member Dr. Nathalie de Dieuleveult counts over 25 years of strategic advisory, business development success and experience in innovation to the table. Her extensive experience working in global markets, coupled with her in-depth knowledge of not only the medical field but also of the global B. Braun brand and capabilities makes her a force to reckon with.
She will join a top Leadership Forum that will feature HEINEKEN Lanka Ltd.Managing Director Maud Meijboom van Wei, Sampath Bank Senior Deputy General Manager International Banking Shashi Kandambi Jassim, Mastercard Sri Lanka Director Mahesha Amarasuriya, Mintpay Co-founder/COO Urmila Chandrasekeram, Sisterhood Initiative Founder Nabeela Iqbal and Young Actor Dinara Punchihewa.
The evening’s curtain raiser will be unique featuring the crème de la crème of Sri Lanka’s entertainment on show. A dazzling line up of the country’s best performers in music and dance will take to the stage at this glittering event, namely British born soul singer Tanuja, the Dr. with the Sax Dr. Gananath and his band En Route and dancers Tarja and Bharatha.
A walk on the ramp with a difference, with famous names personifying themselves and their individuality and talking of how they #EMBRACE EQUITY in their personal and professional lives. It is designed and choreographed by Brian Kerkoven.
The event also offers delectable canapés, a gourmet six course, white glove , silver service, sit down dinner, choice wines and liquor, luxury door gifts courtesy Sothys and Triumph Sloggi, entrance ticket draws with luxury gifts from Triumph Sloggi, Sothys, Kavita Thulasidas, Avirate, Soraya Jewellery, and Selyn Handlooms.
The Daily FT-Interbrand IWD 2023’s Strategic Partners are Mastercard and Heineken and other partners are Triumph-Sloggi, Sothys Estheti Centre, Serenia Residences Talpe Galle, Supreme Flora, Link Natural Earth Essence, and Cinnamon Grand.