Making Diverse Boards More Effective Boards
Board chairs and directors share how diversity and inclusion are changing their boardrooms, their organizations, and their impact on the world.
Ana Maiguashca: Factoring Gender into the Equation
Ana Maiguashca describes her “Aha!” moment when she realized that her pathway to leadership had been different because of her gender–and what she could do about it as a leader in her field.
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Keith Martell: Inclusive Onboarding for New Board Members
Keith Martell, CEO of First Nations Bank of Canada and board member of Nutrien Ltd., shares how onboarding can evolve and enable directors to bring their full selves to the boardroom.
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Luiza Helena Trajano: Pioneering a Trainee Program for Black Talent
Luiza Helena Trajano, Chair of Magazine Luiza, talks about the power of diversity and how the company is fostering a pipeline of Black executive leaders.
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Maria Loreto Silva: Work Hard, Try to Make Change, and Don’t Give Up
Maria Loreto Silva, Board member of Barrick Gold Corp. and Aguas Andinas SA, on the learnings throughout her leadership journey and her advice to aspiring female board leaders.
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Robin Washington: Setting the Tone for Board Diversity and Inclusion
Board Member Robin Washington on how directors need to think about replacing themselves.
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Rodrigo Galindo: DEI is an Ever-Evolving Journey
Rodrigo Galindo, Chair of Cogna Educação, examines how board chairs can establish metrics and pathways for a more inclusive board culture.
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Toni Townes-Whitley: Different Perspectives Can Bring Different Social Impact
Board member Toni Townes-Whitley on how boards can influence changes in society.
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Yvonne Hao: Bringing Empathy into the Boardroom
Yvonne Hao discusses how she landed her first board role at a very young age, the mindset she brought into the boardroom, and how boards can foster a culture of inclusion through empathy.
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Patrick Thomas: How Diversity Fuels Innovation
Johnson Matthey Chair Patrick Thomas discusses his role in fostering an inclusive board culture.
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Vivianne Blanlot: From Defense Minister to Board Director
When invited to become Defense Minister in Chile, Vivianne Blanlot thought she wasn’t the right fit. But as she came to learn, having the discipline and a clear oversight of challenges and goals was exactly what the country needed—a lesson she later brought to the boardroom.
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Julia Hogett: The Value a Diverse Board Brings to CEOs
London Stock Exchange CEO Julia Hoggett on the importance of multiple perspectives, including LGBTQ+
Kimie Iwata: How Gender Parity Benefits Society
Kimie Iwata discusses how diversity can help shape better outcomes for a board, and why achieving gender parity in boardrooms—and executive leadership—across Japanese organizations would be a powerful move for business and society.
Mahindra Group: Diversity as a Core Value
Anand Mahindra, chair of Mahindra Group and Mikram Mehta, lead independent director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd talk about how the organization intentionally embedded diversity as a core value.
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Credits
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Content Leads:
Cheryl Soltis Martel, Luisa Zottis -
Global Diversity Specialist:
Katrin Sier -
Research:
Raminder Kaur
with data from BoardEx -
Project Manager:
Jill Cockerham -
Digital Leads:
Becky Neems, Joanna Scheffel -
Design:
Richard Khuptong, Dora Tubik, Kamaljit Marwaha, Markus Schuler
