The latest from Lena Giakoumopoulos

Dec 4, 2023 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

Fifty credit union women walk into a room

What do you find when you have a room filled with credit union women? Learning on all things leadership. Relationship building that goes beyond networking activities. Women not afraid to ...

May 31, 2023 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

From the cradle of cooperativism: GWLN and WYCUP members learn at the Sicredi Super Summit

Last month a delegation from the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) joined more than 1,000 people attending Super Summit Sicredi, ...

Apr 4, 2023 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

GWLN across the pond

I recently visited Manchester, United Kingdom where I had the opportunity to be part of the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) annual general meeting and re-launch the GWLN UK ...

Aug 25, 2022 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

The data, GWLN and its role to bridge the gender gap

A few days before the GWLN Forum during the 2022 World Credit Union Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap 2022 report. This is ...

May 27, 2022 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, World Council of Credit Unions

Empowerment – the core of our work at Global Women’s Leadership Network

Empowerment. Do you feel empowered? Do you empower others? How exactly? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, empowerment is the granting of the power, right, or authority to perform various acts ...

Mar 24, 2022 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU)

Three individuals share their first journeys with Global Women’s Leadership Network

For all engaged and connected to Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), we celebrate women each and every day of the year. As we continue with our work on advancing ...

May 25, 2021 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, World Council of Credit Unions

SheforMe: Start from the goddess within you

Global Women’s Leadership Network has been conducting a project over the last few weeks by interviewing women in the credit union space from around the globe. It has been ...

Sep 2, 2020 - by Lena Giakoumopoulos, World Council of Credit Unions

GWLN Sister Society Leader: “We support women who are least, lost and last in the community.”

The recent weeks and months have found us all engaging virtually with a new reality that will continue for many into 2021. We’ve been fortunate through this critical time ...

Lena Giakoumopoulos

Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN) Program Director
World Council of Credit Unions

Web: https://www.woccu.org

Giakoumopoulos has over 20 years of international experience working in 15 countries in western, central and eastern Europe. Prior to joining the World Council, she worked for consultancies funding European Union projects, an educational organization in Northern Greece and an international finance institution supporting economic development and regional cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Her work covered communications project management, content development for print and electronic publications, and enhancing corporate digital presence.

Giakoumopoulos is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators, holds a master’s degree in global marketing from the University of Liverpool and also speaks Greek.