Saadia Zahidi

Managing Director & Member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum

11 March 2026, at JP Morgan Private Bank, Geneva

We were delighted to invite our guests to our LeadHers dinner, held just after the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, a moment when global leaders gather to shape the world’s economic, social, and geopolitical agenda. Each year, Davos sets the tone for the conversations that will influence innovation, policy, and societal change worldwide.

We were deeply honoured to welcome Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director at the World Economic Forum and a member of its Managing Board, for an intimate conversation at this pivotal moment. Few leaders offer such a comprehensive and real-time understanding of the forces transforming our economies and societies.

As head of the Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society, Saadia works at the crossroads of business, government, academia, and civil society to advance economic opportunity for all. She also oversees the Forum’s engagement with universities, think tanks, and its network of Global Future Councils. She is the driving force behind some of the world’s most influential reports, including The Future of Jobs, The Global Gender Gap, The Future of Growth, and the Chief Economists Outlook.

Recognized among the BBC’s 100 Women, author of the acclaimed Fifty Million Rising, and former member of the UN Secretary General’s panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Saadia brings unparalleled insight into the future of work, gender equality, growth, and societal transformation.

This dinner offered a rare opportunity, just weeks after Davos, to gain a first-hand perspective on the themes, tensions, breakthroughs, and undercurrents shaping the global agenda, and to explore what they mean for leadership today.