LAUNCH OF DAWN -THE DYNAMIC ASIAN WOMEN'S NETWORK
(4 June 2003)

A much-awaited network for ambitious Asian women was launched on the 4th of June 2003 at the Cinnamon Club in London. Parminder Vir, OBE, co-founder of DAWN (the Dynamic Asian Women's Network), introduced co-founders Manisha Dahad and Vimmi Singh and talked about the vision of DAWN. She described DAWN as a unique, innovative and powerful proposition to enable women to explore new careers and expand their horizons. Guest speakers were Perween Warsi, CEO of S&A Foods and Punita Gajree, partner at Accenture.

Perween Warsi, award winning entrepreneur and founder of S&A Foods, which is a £100m business, spoke at the event about her struggle, from starting from her kitchen to getting her products to the supermarket; and about her long term relationship with her customers built on trust and honesty. She emphasised the importance of innovation as the bedrock of success in business. She urged Asian women to be confident about their capability, have faith in themselves, acknowledge their achievements and approach opportunities with optimism.

Punita Gajree, Partner at Accenture, wooed the audience with her light heartedness and a sense of humour, which seems to have given her the ability to stay calm through hardships and be ingenious in achieving what is important to her. Her endurance shone right through the 12 years she has spent working several hours a day as a consultant at Accenture and travelling around the world on her assignments.

The audience consisted of women who clearly wanted to have it all. There were women from leading Investment Banks, Consulting Firms, Median Companies, Industry as well as entrepreneurs and free-lancers in creative businesses.

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	DAWN LAUNCH PARTY
	Click for larger image Co-founder of DAWN, Parminder Vir OBE (left) and guest.	Click for larger image
	Click for larger image Nermeen Varawalla, Managing Director of PerinClinical (left).	Click for larger image Co-founder of DAWN, Manisha Dahad (left) with Naseem Aslam of Ozone Beauty (right).
	Click for larger image Naseem Aslam of Ozone Beauty (left) with Co-Founder of DAWN, Vimmi Singh.	Click for larger image
	Click for larger image Uzma Hameed of The Big Picture Company (centre)	Click for larger image Devyani Vaishampayan (centre) with guest speaker Punita Gajree of Accenture (right).
	Click for larger image	Click for larger image. Guest Speaker Perween Warsi, CEO of S&A Foods.
	Click for larger image Co-founders Manisha Dahad (left) and Vimmi Singh (right) with guest.	Click for larger image Co-founders of DAWN Vimmi Singh (left), Parminder Vir OBE (centre) and Manisha Dahad (right)

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