DYNAMIC ASIAN WOMEN'S NETWORK LAUNCHES IN THE UK
(May 18th 2003)

Three dynamic Asian women, Manisha Dahad, Vimmi Singh and Parminder Vir, OBE, have co-founded a new Dynamic Asian Women's Network (DAWN). Passionate about freeing, connecting and transforming the potential of Asian women around the world, the first DAWN Evening is to take place on June 4th at The Cinnamon Club in London. The event is open to men and women supporting the forum.

Co-founder Parminder Vir, OBE and winner of the Asian Women of Achievement Award for Media 2001, will introduce DAWN and three outstanding Asian women to inspire the audience with their success stories. These include Perween Warsi, CBE, Managing Director of S&A Foods and an award-winning entrepreneur who has built a £100m food manufacturing business, Punita Gajree, Partner at Accenture, a leading global management consultancy firm and Archie Panjabi, Film & TV Actress, best known for her roles in 'East is East' and 'Bend it Like Beckham'.

DAWN is one of the first networks for Asian women providing a unique forum with a holistic approach to addressing their professional, entrepreneurial & self-development needs. It is a forum for talented Asian women who are determined to succeed and passionate about their identity, retaining their unique characteristics and values.

DAWN's leading edge, comprehensive programme & networking events will provide a powerful platform to allow women to explore new careers, transition to other industries and rediscover their potential at any stage of their lives. It intends to deliver events and workshops that turn ideas into reality and make a difference to Asian women's careers.

DAWN's key service offerings include:

• A series of self developmental, industry specific and entrepreneurial programmes - The DAWN Club.
• A network for senior management executives and highly successful business women who are opinion leaders in their space -- The DAWN Angels Network.
• A network that connects funding to new ventures initiated by Asian women - The DAWN Research Forum.
• A set of research initiatives to explore and develop market intelligence about Asian women.

ABOUT 'DAWN' FOUNDERS

DAWN will be working with professional associations, networks, corporate organisations and non-profit organisations to support contemporary Asian women. The three founders are all Asian women - Manisha Dahad, Vimmi Singh and Parminder Vir, OBE .

Manisha Dahad has extensive experience in innovation management, strategy development and business transformations from working with clients at IBM consultancy. She is now applying her business savvy and her passion of empowering women to enable them to explore new opportunities & realise their full potential through DAWN.

Vimmi Singh has powered many start-ups in her career as a venture capitalist at JP Morgan Chase and Lazard Brothers. With a talent for building durable businesses and a drive to accelerate the advancement of Asian women, she found a fit with the opportunity to crystallise DAWN. Both Manisha and Vimmi received their MBAs at London Business School.

Parminder is a successful Feature Film and TV producer with an innovative and groundbreaking career path in the media. As Diversity Advisor to the Chief Executive of Carlton Television, she has the responsibility for developing talent and policy for achieving diversity on and behind screen. Parminder was awarded an OBE last year for services to Broadcasting and Film. In 2001 she won the Asian Women of Achievement Award for Media. Parminder has developed a rare sense for the needs of Asian women which is a priceless asset to DAWN.

Following the continuing growth of the network, the DAWN website will be launched by June 20. DAWN does not receive any government funding. Its revenue is generated from the products and services that it provides to clients.

For further information on DAWN, to book the June 4th event or to enquire on the events planned for the rest of 2003, please contact Manisha Dahad on (07711 228 476) or Vimmi Singh on (07770 871 029).

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