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3 4 5 November 2025
Remembering Noel Waite AO
Founder of Women Chiefs of Enterprises International (Australia)
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Noel Waite AO, who founded Women Chiefs of Enterprises International (Australia) in 1985. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Noel’s family and loved ones during this time of mourning.
Please note that Noel’s memorial service will be held at St John’s Toorak on Tuesday 5 August at 11am. The service will be live streamed and will be on Nelson Bros tribute page under Dr Noel Waite AO. WCEI members and friends are welcome to attend.There is no doubt that Noel touched many of us, whether you had the privilege of meeting her, working alongside her, or simply feeling the impact of WCEI today. She sparked something truly special that continues to connect us all.
In honouring and paying tribute to Noel, Lorraine Martin AO, Past WCEI National President, founder of the WCEI Queensland Chapter, and former Queensland President, would like to share a few words and express her reflections.
La Re-evolución del liderazgo: nuevas voces, nuevas ideas
August 7, 8, 9
Rosario, Argentina
The Organización Argentina de Mujeres Empresarias (OAME) will host the 12th FCEM LATAM Meeting, bringing together businesswomen from across Latin America.
The 12th Meeting will bring together keynote speakers, learning opportunities, and networking opportunities. It will be a high-impact event for the business community across Latin America.
FCEM is the pioneer association uniting women business owners from the world over. Founded in France in 1945 at the end of World War II by Yvonne Foinant, and months before the United Nations, the Association quickly spread into other European countries and the 5 continents.
Today the network FCEM includes over 120 different countries and 5 millions members from the five continents.
And FCEM membership is growing, with new demands for membership each year.
FCEM is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political and secular organization whose activities at the national and international level are aimed at promoting women-led businesses, strengthen and support national associations of women business leaders.
to join
FCEM membership is only available through membership in an affiliated National Association.
For information on FCEM National Associations, simply click on ‘MEMBERS STATES’.
Alone we are invisible togeter we are invincible
OpportunitieS and advantages
For national associations of women business owners, FCEM is an ideal environment for reinforcing the exchange of ideas and best practices among associations from the world over.
For the individual woman entrepreneur, FCEM presents an enriching experience to meet other like-minded women from the world over.
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WOMEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Begoña Lopez Ferrer
ASEME
Spain
FALGUNI DESAI
BAWE
United Kingdom
LUCIE BERNAERTS
FCEB
Belgique
YVONNE E. FOINANT
FCEM Founder
the history of presidents
Yvonne Edmond Foinant, is the founder in 1945 of the Association of Women entrepreneurs FCE «Les Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises», was born in France in 1890 in a engineer family. She has been forced to manage her self, in a society where women could not access to work and entrepreneurship easily.
But with the First World War, the woman had been forced to hold leading positions after this massacre.
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FCEM
12, rue Émile Allez
Paris 75017
TEL. +33 (0)6 81 41 21 32 22
Siège Sociale :
FCEM (Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises Mondiales)
Forum Francophone des Affaires,
3 Place de la Coupole BP98,
Charenton 94223, CEDEX, France
Siret : 834 792 400 00014
APE : 9499Z Date prise d’activité : 04/01/1945