A group of 50 Saudi female professionals from different sectors recently participated in a first-of-its-kind global leadership summit at Crotonville in the United States.

The six-day summit included workshops, seminars and interactive sessions, which served as a platform for promoting female talents across different businesses globally, and was specifically created to define aspirational women role models who will inspire future generations.

The “Saudi Women’s Leadership Summit” at Crotonville Global Leadership Institute was hosted by General Electric (GE) to share global best practices in business leadership, said Naif AbuSaida, communications manager of GE in Saudi Arabia.

The active participation of Saudi women working in the public and private sector in such events, AbuSaida noted, will further enable Saudi women professionals to strengthen their skill sets and bring greater efficiency to the workplace.

Abdallah Yahya Al-Mouallimi, permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations distributed the certificates to the participants.

“We are privileged to interact and network with them and share our learning and experiences,” GE said in a statement.

Highlighting GE’s focus on creating career opportunities for women in the Kingdom, the company has joined hands with Saudi Aramco and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to launch the first all-female business process services center in Riyadh. It serves as a building block to localize the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Kingdom.