Top Women Board Directors and Global Business Leaders to Convene at WomenCorporateDirectors Global Institute
New to the invitation-only Institute this year is the
On the agenda: How boards are using agility and innovation
"Companies are competing with everyone, everywhere for consumers, investors, talent, and more, while having to stay hyper-vigilant about new threats," says
As part of the Institute's pre-program, WCD and
Visionary Award winners
WCD has named as its 2015 Visionary Award winners:
- Award for Leadership and Governance of a
Public Company : top-performing utility company Sempra Energy - Award for Innovation in Shared Value: global biotech firm Biogen
- Award for Strategic Leadership:
Marilyn Carlson Nelson , former chairman and CEO of the global travel and hospitality company Carlson - Award for Leadership and Governance of a
Private Company : L'Oreal, the largest cosmetics company in the world.
The awards will be presented to the CEOs the evening of
Featured speakers
- Maggie Wilderotter (
United States ), Chairman, Frontier Communications; Member of the Board of Directors of Xerox Corporation, Procter & Gamble Company, and Juno Therapeutics, Inc. Margaret Orakwusi (Nigeria ), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of theMorbod Group ; Principal Partner ofMargaret Onyema & Co. and Uptown Solicitors; Chairman of NIMAREXAndrea Menezes (Brazil ), Chief Executive Officer, Standard Bank Brazil- Undraa Agvaanluvsan (
Mongolia ), Executive Director,Strategy Academy ; Director,Mongolian Oil Shale Company andSANA Technologies LLC - Maria Livanos Cattaui (
Switzerland ), Member,International Crisis Group , Institute of International Education; Former Secretary General of theInternational Chamber of Commerce Clara Gaymard (France ), Chief Executive Officer and President of GE FranceBea Perez (United States ), Chief Sustainability Officer at The Coca-Cola Company; Director,Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation , theUSO , Save the Children, TheBoy Scouts of America , Primerica,International Council on Women's Business Leadership andThe Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Christie Hefner (United States ), Chairman of Hatch Beauty; Director,Center for American Progress , Luminary Digital; Former Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer ofPlayboy Enterprises and Executive Chairman ofCanyon Ranch Enterprises - Fatima
Al Jaber (United Arab Emirates ), Chief Operating Officer for theAl Jaber Group ; Director,Al Jaber Group ; Chairperson,UAE Businesswomen's Council Cristina Finocchi Mahne (Italy ), Professor of Economics of Banking and Industrial Groups,University of Rome La Sapienza ; Outside Director, Natuzzi SpA; Non-Executive and Independent Director,Trevi Group ; Director, Banco di Desio e della Brianza S.p.A.- Byoungok Sohn (
Korea ), President and Chief Executive Officer,Prudential Life Insurance Company ofKorea , Chairman of Women In Innovation Carmen Rosa Graham (Peru ) (Moderator), Member of theBoard of Backus (SABMiller Peru), Ferreycorp (CATerpilar dealer), Interbank,Entel Peru , Camposol (Agroindustry); Advisor in Corporate Governance
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About the
The WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) 2015
The Institute is a two-day, high-powered idea forum exploring compelling issues on the minds of today's board directors and their companies. The program includes keynotes, panels, and discussion groups – as well as the WCD Visionary Awards Dinner – that facilitate informal peer exchanges.
About WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD)
WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) is the only global membership organization and community of women corporate directors, comprised of more than 3,500 members serving on over 6,500 boards in 68 chapters around the world, with many more slated in the next two quarters. The aggregate market capitalization of public companies on whose boards WCD members serve is
WCD membership provides a unique platform for learning from the intellectual capital of accomplished women from around the world, and WCD's mission is to increase courage, candor, inclusion, and cohesion in the boardroom.
WCD has 68 global chapters, located in
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