Celebrating women who push boundaries

INTERNATIONAL Women's Day is just round the corner and Citibank will celebrate it by hosting a client event "Pushing the boundaries" on Thursday evening at the Raffles hotel.

Some 90 guests are expected to listen to several remarkable women in Singapore who have pushed back the barriers and led the way for others to emulate. Among the panellists are Joanne Soo, Lee Peh Gee and Sim Yi Hui, members of the first female team from Singapore to scale Mount Everest in 2009.

Citi, Singapore's largest employer in the financial sector with about 10,000 staff, has a high percentage of women in senior positions.