In its fourth Singapore-edition, the FutureBoards Cross Border Dialogue on Women on Boards will take place in a digital format. We are therefore excited to also invite participants from throughout South East Asia and indeed globally.
Organized by FutureBoards, the event is kindly hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Singapore, and co-hosted by the Norwegian Business Association Singapore (NBAS). In addition, we highly appreciate the support from BoardAgender, Singapore Institute of Directors, ACCA, the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors and Human Capital Leadership Institute.
Many business owners and board chairs would like to recruit female board members, but are not sure how to get in touch with the right pipeline. Hence, this year’s will focus the discussion on how to tackle this problem.
Agenda: Please note that the event takes place at Singapore time zone
5.00pm Welcome address by H.E. Anita Nergaard, Norway’s Ambassador to Singapore
5.07pm ‘State of play women on boards - what works’ by Turid Elisabeth Solvang, CEO FutureBoards
5.14pm ‘Recruiting Women on Boards’ by Doris Sohmen-Pao, CEO Human Capital Leadership Institute
5.21pm ‘How Gender Diversity on Boards can be improved’ by Leong Soo Yee, Executive Director, Markets, ACCA
5.28pm ‘How hard can it be – how we brought women to the boardroom table’ by Nishita Shah, Owner Precious Shipping
5.35pm Panel discussion moderated by Junie Foo, President of Singapore Council of Women’s organisations, and Chair of the SID Board Diversity & Appointments Committee . In addition to the speakers, Jacqueline Poh, Deputy Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office will join the discussion.
We will also open the floor for questions and comments from the audience.
6.30pm End of event
The event is supported by:
Speakers, FutureBoards Cross Border Dialogue, SIngapore//ZOOM 28 September 2020
Speakers at the FutureBoards Cross Border Dialogue that took place in Singapore on 13 March 2019. From left to right: Ms Turid E. Solvang, Founder & CEO FutureBoards, Mr Leonard Opitz Stornes, Managing Director, NHST Media Group Asia Pte Ltd, Ms Goh Swee Chen, Member Council for Board Diversity, Board member of CapitaLand and Singapore Airlines, Professor Mervyn E. King,Chair Emeritus International Integrated Reporting Council, Chair FutureBoards Advisory Board,, Dr Lily Phan, Manager Research, Human Capital Leadership Institute Pte. Ltd. (HCLI), H.E. Ms Anita Nergaard, Norway’s Ambassador to Singapore, Ms Junie Foo, Chair BoardAgender and Member Council for Board Diversity , Ms Chua Sock Koong, Group CEO Singtel, Member of Council of Presidential Advisers.
