A Female Hero & Mentor Found In An Unlikely Place

SANTIAGO, Chile – Why would women from the U.S. travel to the male-dominated culture of Latin America to learn about female leadership? Perhaps because Chile’s largest credit union has a woman at the helm.

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Having crossed the mountains of Peru and trekked through a variety of rural areas, the women participating in the World Council of Credit Union’s Women’s Leadership CU Engagement Program headed to Santiago, Chile to meet with Siria Jeldes Chang, CEO of the $1.2-billion, 370,000-member COOPEUCH CU.

To read more about the lessons learned from their day at Chile’s largest credit union – which boasts 500 SEG officers – click on the related links at right. These links also include the previous stories in this special series brought to you in real time through a partnership between WOCCU and Credit Union Journal.


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