Naina Lal Kidwai

(Penguin Petit)

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No economy can thrive, or even survive, by ignoring the contributions of women.’

As the chairman (India) and director (Asia-Pacific) at HSBC, Naina Lal Kidwai’s professional journey has been one of firsts. She was the first Indian woman to be a Harvard Business School graduate, the first (of three) women to be employed by Pricewaterhouse, the first woman to head an investment bank and a foreign or private bank in India, and the first woman president of India’s largest chamber of industry—the eighty-five-year-old FICCI.

A true pioneer, she is a nonconformist who finds time for social causes and turns every adversity into an opportunity. A feminist in the best sense of the word—a doer, not a preacher—Kidwai is a woman of substance and a banker of enterprise.

In this truly inspiring profile, Gunjan Jain digs a little deep to reveal the many struggles and strokes of genius that make up someone like Naina Lal Kidwai.