Women in Leadership Committee Meeting – February

For AmCham Members Only

Feb 22, 2022 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Deloitte Coffee Loungue, 17th Fl., Times Square Event Level Rating: II

REGISTRATION GUIDELINE

Virtual and physical attendance are available.

For virtual attendees, please register to receive the Zoom link.

For physical attendees, please register in advance to reserve your seat and fill in your ID in the registration form. The ID will be used to register for the building entrance process. Physical registration deadline is 10:00 AM, Feb 22, 2022.

To ensure health safety, every attendee is required to take a COVID-19 test before attending the meeting.

Testing location: B1 floor, Times Square Building, 22-36 Nguyen Hue, District 1, HCMC.

Please come to the event no later than 16:00 Feb 22 to take the test.

Heath declaration form: https://tokhaiyte.vn/?page=home. Please fill in the form and send the QR code result to our events team at [email protected].

Event Description

We would like to invite you to join our February 22 WIL Committee meeting with a special guest: Madam Ha Thu Thanh, Chairperson and Co-Founder of Deloitte Vietnam, Chair of the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women Empowerment, and AmCham Hanoi Treasurer. She will share her perspective on ‘Women in Leadership’. The WIL committee leadership team will then introduce the draft Strategic Plan for 2022, including an update on plans for our special event on March 8 (International Women’s Day) celebrating signatories to the Panel Pledge (link) and launch of an Inter-Chamber HCMC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Network.

In-person seating limited (2 max/company). Register now!

AGENDA

4:30 PM	Introductions
4:50 PM	Guest speaker: Madam Ha Thu Thanh, Chairperson Deloitte Vietnam, and Chair of the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women Empowerment on: ‘Women in Leadership’
5:00 PM	New Committee Leadership Team introduces Draft Strategic Plan for 2022
5:20 PM	Discussions, Questions, Feedback on Strategic Plan
5:35 PM	Briefing by Executive Director on planned 8 March Event
5:45 PM	Closing

GUEST SPEAKER

Madam Ha Thu Thanh

Chairperson Deloitte Vietnam

Chair of the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women Empowerment

Madam Ha Thu Thanh is the Chairperson and one of the founders of Deloitte Vietnam. She is one of the first 5 Vietnamese to study Auditing in the United States of America, became Certified Public Account (CPA) and has made significant contributions to the development of accounting and auditing sector in Vietnam.

With over 35 years of experience in the field of accounting and auditing, including more than 27 years of experience in corporate governance and providing quality control of services to many large corporations of Vietnam, multinational companies, foreign invested enterprises and listed companies.

In addition to her current position at Deloitte, Madam Thanh holds key roles in various social organizations such as Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD), Vietnam Corporate Governance Initiative (VCGI), Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange’s Market Development Advisory Council, Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), Center for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP), Vietnam Association of Certified Public Accountants (VACPA), Vietnam Association for Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE), Hanoi Association for Women Entrepreneurs (HNEW). She was voted one of the “20 most influential Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam” by Forbes and the “Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Award” by Enterprise Asia in 2017.

Madam Thanh is also a prestigious lecturer who teaches accounting and auditing courses for government departments and universities. At the same time, she also actively participated in the Committee for the preparation of Auditing Standards and pioneered in applying the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for businesses in Vietnam.

Madam Thanh is one of the first Vietnamese to study and hold a Master of Business Administration from University of Hawaii, USA. She also holds a number of significant industry qualifications, including a Bachelor of science in Finance and Accounting, a Bachelor of Law, and Certified Public Accountant in Vietnam and Australia. She also has Certificate in Legal Practice.

About Women in Leadership Committee