ALEXBANK, a bank of Intesa Sanpaolo Group, sets a forward-thinking strategy of a shared value towards women’s empowerment. Accordingly, it launched an internal “SHARING CIRCLE”, a virtual sharing moment, last September. As part of this program, a series of sessions in this program 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 some precious “heart-to-heart” moments – female to female- on aspects in life and growth, sharing personal experiences, chances, hopes, and insights.
𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊’𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 witnessed the kickoff of the Sharing circle with the first session by One of ALEXBANK key female figures, Ms. Gilan Elbassuni ALEXBANK’s Head of Credit Administration Department, and member of the 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝟒𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 program of Intesa Sanpaolo Group. The Session witnessed a high voluntary virtual attendance of over 160 female staff members.
Her journey to success she attributed to Resilience, shedding arrogance and adopting a learning attitude, maintaining emotional control, and fostering a helping attitude always towards others. She also pointed out the power of females in Egypt that is always manifested through effort, diligence, and self-reflection. She also shared how she reacted in the junior years of her career to possible instances of gender discrimination.
In 2022, the bank received Egypt’s Gender Equity Seal (EGES) certification from the National Council for Women (NCW) and the World Bank, as a result of its efforts in applying and remaining committed to applying gender equity practices, by the World Bank gender equity model across the areas of employment, career development, work-life balance, and anti-harassment policies.
