About Us
THE FOUNDER
Turid Elisabeth Solvang
Turid Elisabeth Solvang is an international corporate governance expert, working with investors, board directors and top managers, as well as academics, politicians and regulators globally. In 2016, Ms Solvang founded and is CEO of FutureBoards AS, a project-driven company and a global network of experts and practitioners committed to building better boards that supports sustainable value creation.
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Ms Solvang is member of Expert Advisory Board at Boards Impact Forum and member of the Advisory Committee of the ESG Exchange. In 2021, she co-founded Women in Finance Charter Norway, inspired by Women in Finance Charter UK.
Ms. Solvang co-founded the Norwegian Institute of Directors in 2009, and she headed the organisation until October 2016. She has also held the position as chair of the European Confederation of Directors’ Associations which represents 55,000 board directors from 20 European countries. As board member of ecoDa since 2011, she has contributed to ecoDa’s initiatives in such areas as governance policy, nomination, evaluation, and diversity. As Chair, she represented ecoDa on the board of the Global Network of Director Institutes.
Ms Solvang holds an MSc in General Business from BI Norwegian Business School, and she has held non-executive directorships in the financial and service sectors and membership organizations. Ms Solvang is a seasoned international speaker and writer on corporate governance topics, including women on boards.
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What we do
Our services include board competence building, board recruitment as well as updated corporate governance insight. In addition, FutureBoards’ founder and CEO Turid Elisabeth Solvang, a global corporate governance expert, delivers speeches and write articles on various corporate governance related topics.
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How we do it
Drawing on the expertise and perspectives of a wide network of corporate governance professionals, including investment communities, regulators, academics and board directors’ institutes, we take a holistic and collaborative approach to futureproof you board.
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FutureBoards invites fresh thinkers, global voices and innovators from the worlds of business, finance, politics, academia, and other stakeholders to exchange knowledge and experience, thoughts and ideas on how to make companies more successful and sustainable for all.
We organize and facilitate conferences and seminars. We offer board advisory services, work-shops and training sessions. We participate in the public debate by delivering speeches, articles and good practice recommendations.
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Why we do it
The days when the business of business were just business are long gone. Focus has shifted towards the company’s purpose and role in society, corporate culture, values and ethics.
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This shift requires a shifting focus of corporate leaders; from financial to inclusive capitalism, from short term profit to long term value creation in a sustainable way, from silo to integrated thinking.
Which implies that there is a whole new way of doing business.
Central to the new business regime are strategies that ensure long-term value creation for all stakeholders. As the board is the highest decision-making body of the company, it is up to boards to develop and decide on these strategies
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