Initiatives Worldwide Aimed at Adding Women to Boards

Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016
Time:12:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: ACCJ Tokyo Office, Boardroom MAP
Member Fee: ¥2000
Guest Fee: ¥3000
​Extras: Meal included
Speaker: Irene Natividad (President, Globe Summit of Women; Chair, Corporate Women Directors International)
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Thu, Dec 8, 2016
Hosting Committee(s): Women in Business

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There's global momentum to add more women to corporate leadership, specifically to boards of companies, through a variety of initiatives, some more successful than others. What is the business rationale for these efforts? Irene Natividad will provide an overview of where women are on corporate boards globally, sharing regional comparisons, country comparisons and a view of best performing companies. Based on nearly two decades of global research on women who serve on boards, Ms. Natividad will define which initiatives have worked, and why such efforts from the public and private sectors remain necessary.

Ms. Natividad is President of the Global Summit of Women, a 26-year-old gathering of women leaders in business and government who come together to share strategies for accelerating women?s economic progress globally. The Summit, a program of the GlobeWomen Research & Education Institute, convenes over 1,000 women ranging from women heads of state, vice presidents, cabinet ministers, members of parliament, CEOs, and senior executives from multinationals. She also serves as Chair of Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI), which conducts research on women on boards globally and brings together women corporate directors on issues of corporate governance.

Mari Matthews, Ryann Thomas, Co-Chairs
Vicki Beyer, Elizabeth Handover, Deborah Hayden, Corinne Johnson, Jiana Leung, Makiko Tachimori (Fukui), Efrot Weiss, Yoshiko Zoet-Suzuki, Zane Zumbahlen, Vice Chairs
Leanne Cutts, Board Liaison
ACCJ Women in Business Committee

NOTE 1: Participants who are not members of the ACCJ are required to pay in advance. Non-ACCJ members must complete the online registration form to register for this event.

NOTE 2: This event is OFF THE RECORD.

NOTE 3: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.

NOTE 4: Women in Business Committee events are subject to special pricing due to subsidization by the Fund for the Advancement of Women in the Workplace.