Category Archives: Press Releases

 
Firuzi Kotwal is a prolific entrepreneur based in Dubai. Having embarked on her journey of success in 2018, she is dedicated to helping businesses grow, maximize their potential, and offers platforms to collaborators looking to monetize their, skills, talent and expertise. Throughout her career, she has successfully managed teams, companies, countries, delivered regulatory requirements, and trained hundreds of individuals.
 
As founder & CEO of Global Learning Institution, Firuzi focuses on personal branding, cultivating a Mindset for Financial Freedom, and turning passion into profits. She is a recognized public speaker, and helps her clients to maximize their own skills, personal brand and image. She also serves as Partner and CEO of Visionary Mindset Professional & Management Development, where she customizes & delivers to clients’ requirements on soft skills, compliance and leadership training.
 
Firuzi is a qualified ICA (International Compliance Association) Specialist in Correspondent Banking combined by CAMS Certified by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. She is also the author of a biographical book published by her, titled “Catching A Glimpse of What it’s Like to Be Successful” to help others achieve financial freedom, and finds great reward in empowering others to realize their dreams through her Formula 4 Financial Freedom Events. She also hosts a YouTube Channel, where she motivates people to succeed by promoting extraordinary stories of ordinary people.
 
In addition to her lifetime membership in the WNA, Firuzi is a member of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, where she serves as a Global Trainer through PRIMA. She credits her success to her creativity and being results-oriented, and is proud to have touched the lives of many people across multiple spectrums.
 
Women’s Networking Association Member Firuzi Kotwal can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Mette Skoulund has over 6 years of experience in her current field as Corporate Communication Manager for Michelin in Dubai. In that role, she is responsible for RPR and in charge of events on a regional level among other things.

Mette is very proud of the events she has organized and the difference she has made in internal communications. In her free time, she enjoys travelling and playing squash. She loves learning foreign languages.

In the next few years she would like to progress her career into a management role. She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Mette Skoulund, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 

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Mrs. Dion Lucas is a celebrated Teacher, Coach, Author, Songwriter, and Musician based out of Huntsville, Alabama. With over 15 years of experience in her career, she has her own business coaching wellness, athletics, nutrition, music and education. She presents healthy workshops across her region, provides suicide prevention tips, and loves helping and empowering the next generation.
 
A published author, Dion has done extensive book tours. Among her published works are, Flush It and Go With the Flow, in both English and Spanish (2017 Eng./Esp. 2018), and Stop Running Away: 10 Tips to Help You Bloom Where You Are Planted (2018). Her next books of Chopping Budget: Financial Tips for Future Growth, Musical Therapy, Water Therapy, and Eggstraordinaires: Extraordinary People Coming Out of their Shells are due out in Summer/Fall/Winter of 2019.
 
Dion has three degrees from the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC): Master of Arts in Curriculum & Instruction (2006), Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education (2004), and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (2004). She is a member of the National Association of Mental Illness (NAMI), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA). Also, she was awarded 2018 Teacher of the Year at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama, 2010 Teacher of the Year at Liberty Academy in Liberty, Missouri, and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at UMKC in 2013.
 
Outside of her professional endeavors, Dion enjoys drumming, reading, writing, and traveling with family and friends.
 
Women’s Networking Association Member Dion Lucas, MA can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Maria Ramstedt is a consummate professional based in Sweden and specializing in product management, business strategy and business development. As Senior Product Manager for Essity Hygiene and Health AB, she brings in new business development and ensures a high quality of customer experience via superior product quality and service.
 
In addition to a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Maria is skilled in both B2B and B2C sales and operations with broad experience within global companies. She speaks fluent English and Swedish and has demonstrated a real impact in product management and branding.
 
Passionate about exceeding the expectations of internal and external stakeholders, Maria hopes to expand her network on a national and international level to discuss new business opportunities. She thrives on problem solving, and credits her success to her determination, drive, and love for her field.
 
Outside of her professional endeavors, Maria enjoys sports, boating and classical music.
 
Women’s Networking Association Member Maria Ramstedt, MSc can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Amie Lou Balboa is a Senior Quantity Surveyor at Laing O’Rourke ME.  She has 14 years of professional experience in her field.  During her day she deals with internal cost reports, valuation submissions to client and manages vendors. She came into this field by way of natural progression.

Amie is best known for her skills in Post Contract Commercial Management.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Cavite State University that she received in 2004.  She is a member of the Philippine Institute of Quantity Surveyors where she is one of the committee heads for UAE Chapter.

In the future she would like to stay in UAE and become a Chartered Quantity Surveyor.  The key to her success has been hard work.  She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member.
 
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