GROWING YOUR SYSTEM
International
Global Women
Female leadership in international franchising
BY WILLIAM EDWARDS
I
n the U.S. we are privileged to have
many women senior franchise executives (some of whom are profiled in
this issue—Editors). We also have the
Leadership Conference at the annual IFA
convention, which is put on by the very
active IFA Women’s Franchise Committee. And, of course, we have the Women’s
Franchise Network, which has meetings
during the year across the country. But
what about the rest of the world? There
are many, many women leading franchise
companies around the world. Here are just
some of them.
• Australia. The Franchise Council of
Australia is this country’s versio