Sentences with phrase «on corporate boards»

The federal government only recently formed an advisory council to promote the participation of women on corporate boards.

The women were also asked why they believe so few women sit on corporate boards.

And, more like someone serving on a corporate board, the school board member ideally is there to support the superintendent and help him / her be successful.

She has now brought her considerable experience to a new federal committee aiming to increase female representation on corporate boards.

Given that women are equal to men, and the fact that they make up roughly half the population, eventually they should occupy half the seats on corporate boards.

They are also rare on corporate boards, holding less than 17 percent of board seats at these companies, a figure that has stayed flat for eight years.

A growing number of investors are pushing companies to include women and minorities on their corporate boards.

These can include volunteering, starting a business, sitting on corporate boards, and encompass full - or part - time work.

The amendments also include stronger protections against hiring relatives and a ban on judges serving on corporate boards.

The number of women on corporate boards could be improved.

It took Canada's first female and openly gay Premier, Kathleen Wynne, less than three months to express strong support for gender diversity on corporate boards (see page 291 of the Ontario budget or this radio interview with the Minister Responsible for Women's Issues, Laurel Broten).

Certainly directors on a corporate board of directors who have even the faintest grasp of good governance, would never allow a director to so financially benefit.

Yet more than three out of four new male directors have no prior experience on corporate boards, according to a study of the largest publicly traded companies from ISS Analytics.

«I have never been able to get on a corporate board,» says Johnson, 69.

Perez is a strong advocate for community service and serves on the corporate board for Primerica.

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Canada's largest retirement fund manager is pushing to have more women on corporate boards because diversity makes for better business decisions, CPPIB CEO said

Ira M. Millstein, left, is leading authority on corporate boards.

She is on the board of Stanford University, where she got her MBA, but doesn't sit on any corporate boards since standing down as a director of General Dynamics Corp. earlier this year.

Most Canadian business leaders agree that more women are needed on corporate boards — female representation has hovered at about 10 % for years.

When politicians run for office and lose, they wind up with speaking gigs and cushy chairs on corporate boards and at think tanks.

Other current fixations seem equally ready for their un-tipping point: gender targets on corporate boards, anti-GMO food complaints, green energy - subsidies, and social licences for mining companies.

Women continue to be severely underrepresented on the boards of tech companies, both public and private, even as the number of women on corporate boards overall ticks up slightly, new research shows.

And many corporations that have adopted some sort of majority voting have adopted policies that nevertheless allow incumbent directors to remain on corporate boards even if their reelection was opposed by a majority of shareholders.

ALBANY — As Gov. Andrew Cuomo assails gender imbalance on corporate boards, one state legislator is attempting to address a similar problem much closer to home.

Who can you contact on the corporate board of the External Action Service?

Norway deserves special recognition for taking leadership on corporate board quotas.

She is also attending a Rotman course that prepares you to assume positions on corporate boards.

Koch Industries has had a seat and a vote on the corporate board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since 1994.

The Wired GC has been doing a little math on Corporate Board Member magazine's latest ranking of corporate law firms.

A new report on the state of corporate boards in the United States of America suggests it will take decades for women to achieve equality on corporate boards.

Points to the firm's business leaders by virtue of their participation on corporate Boards of Directors and involvement in industry organizations

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(In Germany, things are different: Workers also have a seat on corporate boards.)

«Diverse backgrounds and experiences on corporate boards, including those tho represent a broad range of society, strengthen board performance and promote the creation of long - term shareholder value,» the report said.

Betsy Berkhemer - Credaire offers ways for more women to get on corporate boards.

Uneasy lie the heads of those who sit on corporate boards.

Achieving diversity on corporate boards is quickly becoming the next hot spot in activist investing.

I counted several directors who have been on corporate boards for 10, 15, 20 and 25 years.

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TORONTO — Canada's largest retirement fund manager is pushing to have more women on corporate boards because diversity makes for better business decisions, CPPIB chief executive Mark Machin said Friday.

«In the financial industry, there's been a lot of debate, post — financial crisis, around different approaches to risk and gender difference,» says Brenda Trenowden, global head of funds at ANZ Banking Group in London and a member of the steering committee of the 30 % Club, which works to get more women on corporate boards.

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About 100 Boardlist candidates (some of whom already sit on not - for - profit, for - profit, or advisory boards, and the vast majority of whom live in the U.S.) were asked a number of questions about their experiences in business, and also about the fact that so few women serve on corporate boards.

How does Canada compare to the rest of the world when it comes to female representation on corporate boards?

The survey comes from theBoardlist, which compiles lists of women who are qualified to sit on corporate boards, and also helps search committees find them.

See «Canada falling behind on women on corporate boards,» where «women represent just 11 % of board members on companies listed on the S&P / TSX composite index.»

«We're trying to dispel the myth that the underrepresentation of women on corporate boards is a supply problem,» says Deborah Gillis, the CEO of Catalyst, which has a mission of accelerating the progress of women in the workplace.

And a recent review of the policies of companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange shows that about 50 % haven't bothered to develop guidelines to ensure gender diversity on their corporate boards — despite pressure from the Ontario Securities Commission to do so.