Karyl Akilian
Director, Marketing and Business Development, Financial Alliance for Women
Karyl is the Director of Marketing and Business Development with the responsibility for increasing the impact of the Alliance’s communications, providing institutional support to members on Women’s Market program development as well as supporting the expansion of the Financial Alliance for Women.
She is a speaker at numerous international conferences and trains and mentors financial institutions around the globe on how to develop a Women’s Market Program.
Before joining the Alliance, Karyl worked for 12 years at BLC Bank, Lebanon, where she served as the Head of Product Development until she was assigned Head of Brand Management in 2013, leading the strategic planning process for the Bank’s brands to build brand equity.
She played a fundamental role in developing, implementing, and overseeing the execution of We Initiative, the Women Empowerment program launched in 2012 by BLC Bank.
Due to her active role in the women empowerment scene, she was elected to the board of the Lebanese League for Women in Business and served 2 terms from 2015 to 2019 with the function of Treasurer.
Karyl holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. In 2016, she received the AUB Computer Science Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.
