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Tarja Castel, founder, and Visionaire at Moxworld promotes new and better ways to grow life-loving businesses on the scale. Ten years as an entrepreneur in sustainable luxury fashion & brand consulting services lead to the next thing: creating strategies, concepts, and communications for businesses that care. Believing that caring companies should grow, that being responsible should not only matter but also be profitable and financially sustainable.

Tarja is a nomad at heart as well as at her lifestyle. She lives half of her time in Helsinki and spends the other half of her life experiencing strange corners of the world making them her home.  She believes that artificial, and often outdated, rules and ways of thinking are made for questioning, in order to create room for the new. Trust is a matter of decision and excellence in our insurance.

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Dr. Sara Al Madani is a prolific talent of versatile fields, as well as a well-known serial Entrepreneur. Sara has emerged in recent years as a key figure in a multitude of areas in fashion, tech, F&B, beauty, entertainment, and more. In 2014, she was selected by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, to be a Board Member in the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, making her the youngest on the board.

In 2017, Sara was selected to be on the board of the UAE SME Council in the Ministry of Economy Of Dubai.

Sara was inspired at the young age of 15 to start her own business. Following her success as a young entrepreneur and businesswoman, she was selected to inspire women in the GCC to become more active and self-confident in order to achieve business success.

Recognized for her creativity and hard work, Sara is an honored public speaker in many universities, colleges, and institutes around the globe. She truly believes it’s important to be an active member of the community, inspiring the younger generation and continuously sharing knowledge, experience, and information, which is one of the reasons she began her public speaking journey and aims to better and touch the lives of people all around the world.

Background/education: Charlotte holds a master’s degree in land management (chief engineer). She started her first job at the age of 12 (while studying and playing soccer) and has primarily worked within the construction industry and food industry. She is a self-taught coder (learned coding via YouTube) and is acknowledged as an expert within her field by both researchers, the business sector, and royalty.

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Madi is the founder and CEO of ‘Madi Group’, an international holding for several for-profit and not-for-profit companies, as well as several non-governmental organizations. Her philosophy is to achieve global, sustainable impact with the help of innovative ideas and locally tailored action.

Madi is an internationally recognized public speaker in the field of entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, diversity, gender balance, and corporate social responsibility. She is representing several Entrepreneur and Business Groups with the European institutions and is a board member of several public and private companies.

“My DNA is ‘You must be the change you want to see – No Excuses”.

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Padmini Gupta is an award-winning banker and a World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellow, who is now re-imagining financial services for 250 million migrant workers worldwide, and the billion people who depend on them through Rise, and now Xare. Rise is Entrepreneur’s “MENA Fintech startup of the year” and one of the fastest-growing fintechs globally.

Padmini began her career in banking in the 1990s in California, where she was responsible for running a $200 million+ portfolio in commercial banking. She was one of the early pioneers dedicated to bringing financial products to women and minority-led businesses; and, as a result, was twice awarded by the US Small Business Administration. She also sat on the Banker’s Board of Accion and was a part of the San Diego City Redevelopment Task Force.
A passionate advocate for society’s ignored voices, Padmini has always been a strong proponent of the importance of financial independence and co-founded rise in 2016, as a way to combine her financial expertise with her desire to drive important social change.

Padmini continues to be a mentor and advisor to several startups and plays an active role in supporting women entrepreneurs through her involvement with Dubai Business Women Council, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (SHERAA), to name but a few. As a global citizen who has lived and worked in more than 10 countries, she brings a unique understanding and passion to redefining migrant banking and helping a billion people to build a better, more equitable, and more sustainable future.