Panama to host CEO Women Summit for Latin American business leaders

Panama City, Panama will be the stage for the seventh CEO Women Summit (CWS) on July 9, hosted at The Santa María, Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort. This significant gathering will convene some of Latin America's most influential women leaders for a day dedicated to inspiration, connection, and the empowerment of female business leadership throughout the region.

Organized by Grupo Valor with support from Global Bank, the CEO Women Summit has established itself as a premier platform for knowledge exchange, fostering strategic alliances, and bolstering the ecosystem for women-led businesses. For years, female leadership has been recognized for driving innovation, resilience, and sustainability in organizations. The conversation has evolved beyond mere inclusion to focus on competitiveness, growth, and value creation, as women leaders transform industries and communities.

Luz del Carmen Arias, director of CEO Women Summit, stated, “Female leadership is no longer an inclusion conversation. It is a conversation about competitiveness, growth, and value creation. When more women participate in decision-making, organizations become more innovative, resilient, and prepared to face future challenges.” The summit will delve into how purpose-driven leadership is key to fostering innovation, developing talent, strengthening organizational culture, and accelerating business growth, especially in an era of uncertainty and technological acceleration.

Key themes at this year's summit include well-being as a business strategy, purpose as a competitive advantage, leadership during transformation, responsible artificial intelligence adoption, organizational mental health, and building high-performance cultures. Grupo Valor has actively promoted initiatives to strengthen business leadership and create transformative spaces for Latin American organizations for over eight years, driven by the conviction that sustainable regional growth requires greater female participation in leadership roles.