Event Reminder: Gender Diversity in the Board Room: Why It Matters, and How to Increase It
The leadership of the ACCJ would like to bring your attention to the following event...
DATE: October 3, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m., followed by networking for 30 minutes
VENUE: TMI Associates, 23rd Floor, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
COST (light refreshments included): 5,000 yen
REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION DEADLINE: September 25
HOST: Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
MAP: http://www.tmi.gr.jp/english/about/access.html
Speakers
Georges Desvaux
Founder of McKinsey`s famous series of research reports, "Why Women Matter"
Christina Ahmadjian
Hitsotubashi University`s Graduate School of Commerce and Management
Mitsuko Miyagawa
TMI Partner
Overview
When Italy recently passed a law requiring the boards of listed companies to have 20% of their boards be comprised by women as of 2012 and 33% by 2015, you know that the issue of "gender diversity" has reached some sort of critical mass. Why is gender diversity essential to corporate leadership? How can companies develop the board candidates and female executive talent that can lead the companies of the future?
In this seminar, the managing partner of McKinsey & Company in Japan, Georges Desvaux, will present the principal findings of McKinsey's famous series of research reports, "Why Women Matter," including research regarding Asia and Japan. Desvaux is the very person who initiated and co-led this ground-breaking US$20 million project, co-authoring four reports that highlight the contribution of women to company performance and the levers that firms can activate to support and promote women leaders. Next, Professor, governance expert, and outside board member Christina Ahmadjian of Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of Commerce and Management will explain in simple language the “behavioral science” benefits of board diversity - why it is that diversity makes for better governance and management, and will summarize recent developments around the world on related topics such as diversity quotas, goals, and policies. Ahmadjian sits on the boards of Eisai and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. An active panel discussion will follow. Joining our panel will be TMI Associates partner Mitsuko Miyagawa, who is licensed to practice in both the U.S. and Japan, and also has significant experience as a board member in Japan, at S.T. Corporation and Unilever Japan.
For more details on this event, please visit:
http://www.cccj.or.jp/en/event/gender-diversity-board-room-why-it-matters-and-how-increase-it
Anyone can sign up. Just go to the bottom of the above URL page, insert "1" or another number for "Quantity", and press "Add to Cart". After you enter your information, press "Continue to next step" and arrange for a bank transfer or credit card payment.
If you have any problems, please feel free to contact The Board Director Training Institute of Japan (BDTI) at:
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NOTE 1: This meeting is ON THE RECORD
NOTE 2: A Canadian Chamber of Commerce Japan Event arranged in cooperation with The Board Director Training Institute of Japan, TMI Associates, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, the French Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and with participation by McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan
