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Arif Zaman is Senior Lecturer, Bloomsbury Institute and Director, Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network, the only organisation directly recognised by 56 Governments with a primary mandate on women’s economic empowerment and leadership. Author of the bestselling book on Reputational Risk (Financial Times, 2004, published in Russian, 2008), still the only international research-based book on the topic from a leading business publisher, Arif led the Commonwealth’s work on corporate governance as Adviser, Corporate Governance and on South Asia to the Commonwealth Business Council (2005-14). He was Global Market and Industry Analyst at British Airways (1996-2005) winning several company awards including for his contribution to BA’s Business Principles and Sustainability Policy during which time he was seconded to Chatham House as an Associate Fellow. He is a PhD student at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.

Submitted Events

Photo by Agence Olloweb on Unsplash
| November 10, 2021
Innovation, internationalisation and inclusion – how Entrepreneurship Education can join the dots and have real world impact
ITC's SheTrades Commonwealth
| November 23, 2020
ITC's SheTrades Commonwealth forum: "Sharing for Success - A Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organisation (BSO)" for BSOs in Commonwealth countries.
Social Storm
| November 21, 2020
Entrepreneurship Education for Impact – the Social Storm SDGs Hackathon LIVE
| November 20, 2020
6th Annual Social Storm SDGs Hackathon with university students LIVE
| November 20, 2020
Creative Industries, the Commonwealth and Entrepreneurs: resilience and opportunities for all
Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network
| November 19, 2020
Digital trade: Harnessing the Commonwealth Advantage
Vital Voices
| November 18, 2020
Catalysing Women’s Entrepreneurship for the SDGs: Highlighting Commonwealth Awardees of the 2020 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
| November 17, 2020
Local Economic Development (LED) as a Driver of Trade in the Commonwealth
| November 15, 2020
Leadership approaches in challenging times: perspectives from women leaders
| November 15, 2020
Commonwealth Creativity and Innovation Challenge (for children aged 8-16)

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