Sentences with phrase «women board directors»

The «2011 Catalyst Census: Financial Post 500 Women Board Directors» found that just 14.5 per cent of board seats in corporate Canada are held by women, an increase of just 0.5 percentage points since 2009.

They found that companies with more women board directors and corporate officers contributed significantly more charitable funds on average than companies with fewer or no women in senior roles.

Companies with more women board directors outperform those with the fewest by 66 percent return on invested capital.

Among its copious research, Catalyst publishes the Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors.

Not exact matches

As part of its shakeup this summer, American Apparel (AMEX: APP) appointed two women to its previously all - male board of directors.

Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiWomen and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiwomen leaders in business.

At the end of 2016, 738 companies — roughly 25 percent of the list — had no women on their boards of directors.

Their business stood out because, despite accepting both male and female clientele, the Westropp sisters wanted to have an all - female board of directors and teach women about money during a time when men still controlled much of family and business finance.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

Yet somehow, in the U.S., large public companies can't seem to seem to make any progress at all in getting more women onto their boards of directors.

We even know that, if there is even one woman on a company's board of directors, attendance is better at board meetings.

In this edition of the CB Elevator Pitch, editor James Cowan argues that companies need to work harder to recruit women for boards of directors.

Taken to its logical extreme, his research seems to argue that boards should have only female directors, but he's careful to point out that not all women score highly on complex moral reason (sometimes known as «CMR») decision - making, and some men do.

After observing dozens of board meetings over the last fifteen years and interviewing hundreds of directors, the dialogue and behavior changes with women in boardrooms.

I have taught and advised hundreds of women who are enormously frustrated at the blockage on boards by over-tenured, over-boarded, entrenched pedigree directors.

Women make up a quarter of his eight - member executive leadership team and account for four of 10 seats on the board of directors.

In July, American Apparel appointed the first two women to its board of directors after its now ousted CEO got caught up in a sexual harassment scandal.

Only 13 have a board of directors that is more than 80 percent women and senior management that is more than 80 percent women.

She is a board of directors member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Women in Lodging.

All four women were named to the board after the majority of the previous directors resigned last month.

However, Columbia University's Katherine W. Phillips and others mentioned in the HBR story on women directors point out that while diverse boards that are not properly managed may «create distrust and dissatisfaction,» homogeneous groups don't come to any better solutions.

There's good reason for their efforts: Nearly three quarters of the startups surveyed have no women on their board of directors.

The letter urges the executives to interview women and other underrepresented groups for senior leadership positions and for openings on their boards of directors.

Sandberg is among the 14 per cent of women who hold executive officer positions and the 16 per cent of women who hold board of director seats, according to Catalyst.org.

Most of the women appointed to boards since 2011 have been non-executive directors, whose job is to oversee the decisions of chief executives and other top managers.

«I often consider the composition of a company's board and executive team to see if their espoused values truly reflect their reality,» says activist Jamia Wilson, the executive director at the non-profit Women, Action, & The Media.

She said many companies would simply continue appointing women to non-executive director positions, leaving the executive board to continue to be dominated by men.

In chapters composed of approximately 20 accomplished women entrepreneurs, women presidents, from diverse industries and backgrounds, address business concerns in a roundtable format and function as an informal board of directors for their businesses.

At The Vancouver Board of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's hisBoard of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's hisboard of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's history.

VBOT becomes only major business organization in Canada with more women than men on its board of directors

Another male director, referring to board nominations on several technology companies, responded that «Not a single time was there a mention of hiring a woman — it was never brought up.

Store associates from around the world, home office colleagues, members of the Walmart board of directors and Walmart senior leaders watched as McMillon was recognized for his significant leadership role in supporting the strategies of the Women's Economic Empowerment team and Walmart's role in launching the Women Owned Logo across Walmart globally.

One Danish female director talked about this: «There is very much the attitude in Denmark now, which is «haven't we talked about this issue of women on boards enough now?

In an interview with USA TODAY following the meeting, Jackson said he stressed the need for Uber to hire more women and underrepresented minorities at all levels of the company, from the board of directors and the executive team to rank - and - file workers.

The ISS study — which looked at directors nominated by dissidents and by the boards themselves in response to activism — found that women made up 8.4 percent of this group, compared with 25 percent of new directors at all S&P 1500 companies in 2015.

She is a director of the Diamond Foundation and has served on the boards of many organizations such as Vancouver Foundation, United Way, YWCA, and the BC Women's Hospital, to name a few.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

«From all research we've done in the past several weeks, The Vancouver Board of Trade is the first and only business organization of our kind in Canada — possibly across North America — to have more women on our board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Board of Trade is the first and only business organization of our kind in Canada — possibly across North America — to have more women on our board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank.

When a woman fills a board seat, there's a 32 % chance she's already served as a director, yet when a man fills a board seat, there's a 23 % change he's already served as a director, the study found.

It's an important point and one that exposes a limitation of the Boardlist's approach: No matter how many female directors they help place, Silicon Valley boards won't get anywhere near gender parity until more women create and invest in startups.

Uber director Arianna Huffington said data shows that when there's one woman on a board, it's much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board.

Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for both WBENC and Women's Business Council Southwest (WBCS).

There are three women on its 12 - person board of directors and three women among the fast - food chain's top - ranking 10 corporate executives, according to the company website.

Washington, DC, November 19 --- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has named Benita Fortner, Director of Supplier Diversity for Raytheon Company, as Chair of the WBENC Board of Directors.

While Shih is one of three female Starbucks directors, she's the only woman on her own four - person startup board.

Saudi Aramco has appointed three new members to its board including a woman executive.Saudi Arabian Minister of Finance Mohammed al - Jadaan and Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammed al - Tuwaijri were named as members of the Aramco board of directors.

«We are proud to have Pamela Prince - Eason bring her distinctive knowledge and experience spanning procurement, women's business leadership and non-profit organizations,» said Laura Taylor, newly elected Chair of WBENC's Board of Directors.

We also recognize that we do not yet have a woman or person of color from an underrepresented group on our board of directors.

«Greater participation of women in boardrooms is necessary and the way to do this is to increase the number of senior female executives from which board members can be drawn,» said Carrie Hartnell, associate director of Intellect's Women in IT Fwomen in boardrooms is necessary and the way to do this is to increase the number of senior female executives from which board members can be drawn,» said Carrie Hartnell, associate director of Intellect's Women in IT FWomen in IT Forum.