Naina Lal Kidwai is First Lady President of FICCI
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured."I would also like to note that FICCI is going to have its first ever Lady President when Smt Naina Lal Kidwai takes over after this AGM. She has been an icon to many young ladies in our country and has been a role model for women to aspire to reach the top. I am sure she will steer the ship of FICCI well in the coming year", said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while addressing the FICCI AGM on 15th December 2012.
Naina Lal Kidwai is Executive Director on the Board of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Country Head of HSBC India.
An MBA from Harvard Business School, she has been recognised in India and abroad with several awards and listings for leadership and business. Repeatedly ranked in the Fortune global list of Top Women in Business, in the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times Global Listing of Women to Watch and listed by Time Magazine as one of their 15 Global Influentials 2002, she received the Padma Sri from the Government of India for her contribution to Trade and Industry.