Celebrate International Women's Day With This Special Luncheon

Meet the inspiring women on our panel, who will be discussing the ins and outs of their careers, and how they've paved the way forward for women in their industries.

Dolores Al Shelleh

As the manager of Bedayat Business Incubator in The Sustainable City in Dubai, Dolores works closely with their team to raise awareness for climate action, gender equality and the importance of sustainable cities and communities. She's the first Jordanian woman to summit Mt. Everest, the first Arab woman to scale Mt. Everest from the North-east ridge and the second Serbian woman to complete the mission. To add to her impressive feats, Dolores was the first Arab to summit Mount Manaslu, the world's 8th highest mountain, and she summited Mt. Mera Peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Elbrus, and completed a winter mountaineering course in the Alps.

Lucy Chow

Lucy is focused on the innovation space, both in terms of supporting founders and as an investor. She is a Director of WAIN (Women’s Angel Investor Network) and the Investment Committee, World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAF) Start-Up Fund. WAIN has won several awards: Arabian Business Startup Awards 2018, Funding Initiative of the Year and FinX 2018 Award for Fintech Investor of The Year. She was appointed Senator (UAE) at the Grand Assembly, WBAF and is a Board member of the Global Startup and Women Executive Committees. She is also an investor with NextWave Ventures and the Founder Institute, both based out of the US. Recently Lucy was honored to be a Judge for the GEMS Global Innovation Challenge (student entrepreneurs), the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab & Challenge 22 Prize (an innovation award that promotes creativity in the Arab world), Gulf Customer Experience Awards and the Annual SpeakFluence Cup.

During her 13 years in Dubai, Lucy has garnered a strong reputation for originating business-focused events that target captains of industry, as well as trendsetters in the UAE through her firm, The Elements Group

She is Chairman of the Steering Committee with The Capital Club (a prestigious private business and social club located in the Dubai International Financial Centre), Member of the Advisory Board, Canadian Business Council, and founded the Dubai Chapter of Room to Read. She was recently appointed on the Board of Trustees for The American School of Dubai. Previously, she sat on the UAE committee for Acumen, was Non-Executive Director for Educate Girls Globally and was a Co-Chapter Chair for Techfugees (UAE) and Ellevate. In 2017, Lucy was a member of the Canada150 Committee formed by the Consulate General of Canada to UAE in Dubai. Lucy contributes regularly to entrepreneurship, corporate innovation, and investor events and forums as a speaker, moderator, and judge. She is also passionate about developing entrepreneurial skills in students.

She has been a contributing author for “ Life on the Move,” an anthology of stories about expat life and The Possibilities Project: A Young Person’s Guide to Career Success. Lucy has degrees from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University and HK University of Science &Technology and the University of British Columbia.

In partnership with Nine West, we'll be bringing you a fun, styling workshop where experts will show you how to transform your looks from working day to evening. The wonderful team from Kaya Skin Clinic will be offering a free skin analysis and exclusive treatment vouchers. Lastly, enjoy a delicious lunch in the luxurious Emerald Palace Kempinski Dubai. If you have a strict dietary requirement please drop us an email at [email protected]

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About Kaya Skin Clinic

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The Emerald Palace Kempinski Hotel - with its unique leisure facilities and enhanced F&B venues offers exclusive and memorable experiences to its guests, delivering high-level passionate services and is the preferred luxury destination on The Palm Jumeirah.