Media Alert: Top Women Business Leaders to Convene at WomenCorporateDirectors Global Institute in New York, May 5-7

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May 01, 2015, 10:20 ET

NEW YORK, May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

What:

WomenCorporateDirectors hosts its fifth annual WCD Global Institute and Visionary Awards Dinner, bringing together more than 275 women corporate board directors from all over the world. Twitter: #WCDboards


When:

Pre-Institute program May 5; Global Institute Daytime sessions – May 6-7, 2015; Visionary Awards Dinner – evening of May 6


Where:

New York City


Theme:

"Agility and Innovation: How Directors Can Guide Companies in This Diverse, Globally Connected, and Technology-Enabled World"


Why:

What's on the agenda of boardrooms today? What are top global women business leaders thinking about as far as challenges and opportunities? Boardroom hot-button issues from cybercrime to supply chain threats to the challenges of governing a family business will all be explored at this premier gathering of women corporate board chairs, directors, and CEOs worldwide. The WomenCorporateDirectors Global Institute is an annual gathering of global business leaders, linked by a common quest to share ideas and lessons learned – creating a community of best practice for boards everywhere.



In a special pre-Institute day of programming, WCD is hosting its inaugural Family Business Governance Institute, designed for women CEOs, directors, and shareholders of family businesses with revenues >$100million.



The Visionary Awards will honor Sempra Energy, Biogen, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, and L'Oreal.


Online:

Join the global conversation on hot boardroom topics at WCDlive.com and use the hashtag #WCDboards.

Select speakers include:

  • 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 the Morbod Group; Principal Partner of Margaret Onyema & Co. and Uptown Solicitors; Chairman of NIMAREX
  • Andrea Menezes (Brazil), Chief Executive Officer, Standard Bank Brazil
  • Undraa Agvaanluvsan (Mongolia), Executive Director, Strategy Academy; Director, Mongolian Oil Shale Company and SANA Technologies LLC
  • Maria Livanos Cattaui (Switzerland), Member, International Crisis Group, Institute of International Education; Former Sec. Gen. of the International Chamber of Commerce
  • Clara Gaymard (France), Chief Executive Officer and President of GE France
  • Bea Perez (United States), Chief Sustainability Officer at The Coca-Cola Company; Director, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, the USO, Save the Children, The Boy Scouts of America, Primerica, International Council on Women's Business Leadership and The 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 of Playboy Enterprises and Executive Chairman of Canyon Ranch Enterprises
  • Fatima Al Jaber (United Arab Emirates), Chief Operating Officer for the Al 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 S.p.A.; 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 of Korea, Chairman of Women In Innovation
  • Carmen Rosa Graham (Peru) (Moderator), Member of the Board of Backus (SABMiller Peru), Ferreycorp (CATerpilar dealer), Interbank, Entel Peru, Camposol (Agroindustry); Advisor in Corporate Governance

Sessions include:

  • New Trade Routes – Emerging Markets to Supply Chains, and Threats Facing Companies Amid This Global Risk
  • What Directors Need to Know About Cybercrime & IP
  • Strategy – from Reimagining to Disruption
  • Family Business Governance
  • Anticipating Needs – What Directors Need to Know About the Next Marketplaces and Business Models

Media credentials
To apply for media credentials to cover this event, please contact Suzanne Oaks Brownstein or Trang Mar of Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or [email protected].

About the WCD Global Institute
The WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) 2015 Global Institute is an unprecedented opportunity for global board directors to share corporate governance and business strategies and to build partnerships with a purpose, in a private, invitation-only setting. The Institute is a high-powered idea forum exploring compelling issues on the minds of today's board directors and their companies.

SOURCE WomenCorporateDirectors

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