Does board diversity contribute to transform companies into more sustainable, valuable and responsible actors—and if it does, how? How can diverse boards ensure that companies can create value and effectively navigate mega trends such as digitalisation, climate change and greater stakeholder demands for purposeful business? What are the processes needed to ensure that this diversity delivers, in terms of more strategic and systemic leadership—particularly in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis?

Jointly organised by the OECD and the CFA Institute, the 2020 edition of this annual conference on gender equality in business brought together speakers from business and academia, regulators and policy makers to address these questions and to share experiences and views on how to make this happen, including on the challenges and opportunities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

• Josina Kamerling, Head, Regulatory Outreach, EMEA, CFA Institute

• Josina Kamerling, Head, Regulatory Outreach, EMEA, CFA Institute

• Georges Desvaux, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, AXA

• Nicole Gesret, CEO - Founder, SITG Advisory & Partners, IFA Insurance Club

• Marina Niforos, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations, Chair, Corporate Governance and Nominations Member of the Board of Directors

• Franca Ruhwedel, Professor for Finances & Accounting, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, and Supervisory Board Member at Biofrontera Group, VTG AG, and National-Bank AG

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DOCUMENTS AND LINKS

CFA Institute

OECD 2020 March on Gender programme

What's gender got to do with competition policy?

OECD work on gender equality

OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship

OECD Recommendation on Gender Equality in Public Life

G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

OECD work on bribery and corruption

PREVIOUS EVENTS

2019 Conference on gender equality in business 

2018 Conference on gender equality in business

2017 Conference on business, finance and gender

2016 Conference on improving women's access to leadership