Speaker Biography
Her Excellency Lady Elizabeth Kelly
Businesswoman in Dubai (UAE)
Her Excellency Elizabeth Kelly is a businesswoman in Dubai (UAE), CEO of a tech firm and is also recognized for her role in humanity all over the world by playing a vital and vivacious role in the field of women empowerment and youth entitlement. She is also an ambassador for Commonwealth Entrepreneur Club (CEC). The objective of her life is to fulfill the social, financial, health, and recreational requirements of all individuals in a society. Her Excellency seeks to enhance the social functioning of all age groups, both rich and poor.
Her Excellency has been doing the study of agencies, programs, personnel, and policies which focus on the delivery of social services to individuals, groups, and communities. She has been an actively involved with several NGOs in India, Thailand and Philippines. She has done many laudatory works, which includes helping under privileged children with their education, providing counseling to children that come from poor background and interacting with the institutions and helping them create a more structural approach in running the orphanages.
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