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3.5 Billion Ways to Change the World

G(irls) 20 Summit Delegates

The Sydney Opera House was built to foster a better and more enlightened community. For 40 years, it has symbolised the inspirational power of art and ideas. There could be no better way to continue that tradition than by helping to empower young women to create a better future for women and girls around the world. We are thrilled to be hosting the G(irls) 20 Summit later this year.

Louise Herron AM
CEO, Sydney Opera House

At Agrium we believe in providing a positive support system and offering mentorship and leadership opportunities to help women be more successful in their careers, their personal lives and their communities. We proudly sponsor G(irls)20 because it unlocks the potential of smart, capable and enthusiastic women around the world who, in turn, make a measurable difference both personally and professionally.

Agrium Inc.

“Given the critical role they play in helping build strong communities and economies, Caterpillar is committed to ensuring that girls and women around the world have every possible opportunity to succeed. That’s why we’re proud to support the G(irls)20 Summit in its efforts to empower the next generation of change agents.”

Kathryn Karol,
Vice President, Global Government & Corporate Affairs
Caterpillar Inc.

“I am excited to be working with G(irls)20, a powerful initiative based on the growing evidence that empowering girls and women has an exponential effect on economic growth and development,”
Don Baer, Worldwide Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Burson-Marsteller.

“At Macroblu, we believe in equality for everyone. When united under a common purpose, the strength of unity can change the World. We believe that the empowerment of girls and women will make the most profound and positive changes in our World as we move into the future. We proudly support the Girls 20 Summit!”
Marc Garand, Managing Director
MACROBLU

“We at Norton Rose Fulbright hold ourselves to the highest of standards. We are united, offering an international perspective. We value our culture and work hard to preserve it. That is why we support the G(irls)20 Summit and the empowerment of girls and women. We believe in equal opportunities for all regardless of race, colour, ethnic or national origins, sex, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.”
Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP

“We support the G(irls)20 Summit because we believe that girls are a powerful force for transformative change. If given the chance to participate, girls have the potential to break the cycle of poverty for families and communities and create a more just and balanced world.”
Peter and Jennifer Buffett
Co-Chairs
NoVo Foundation

My two daughters inspire me every day, and I want to empower them to follow their dreams and pursue their ambitions. I also want to empower women in leadership at the Rezidor Hotel Group. We are committed to doubling the number of female leaders by 2016 and to changing the paradigms in the male dominated hospitality industry

Wolfgang M. Neumann,
President & CEO of the Rezidor Hotel Group

Board of Directors

Marie Chantale J. Lépine

She is a lawyer and the former Vice President, Public Affairs, Emerging Markets of Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company, based in New York City.

In her role, Marie Chantale created Pfizer’s first Emerging Markets Public Affairs (EMPA) Group, comprised of more than 70 teams in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. As part of her group’s mandate, Marie Chantale and her team led all product and policy negotiations with governments, communications, and strategic alliances development for Pfizer’s more than $9 billion dollar Emerging Markets Business Unit. Under her leadership, the EMPA Group built talented local teams, with a focus on China, India, Brazil Russia, Turkey and Mexico, leveraged its acute knowledge of the complex market dynamics in the emerging markets to build winning partnerships with governments and key stakeholders, and achieved successful business results for Pfizer.

Marie Chantale also has broad Canadian biopharmaceutical policy and market access experience. Before joining Pfizer, she held national leadership roles at AstraZeneca
Prior to that, she was Director of Communications, Tour and Media to former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Joe Clark, P.C., Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.Canada. She also served as Vice-Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, of Canada’s national biopharmaceutical association, Rx&D and Vice-Chair, Canada Committee, of the American national biopharmaceutical association, PhRMA.

Marie Chantale was called to the Bar in 1994, beginning her career at Beaudry, Bertrand, Barristers and Solicitors in the nation’s capital, where she specialized in commercial litigation.

She is a former member of the Board of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Foundation, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds for liver cancer.

Marie Chantale holds a Law Degree (LL. L.), a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (B. Adm.) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, specialized in Marketing and International Business (B. Com.) from the University of Ottawa.

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