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2017 EMEA InstituteOctober 24-25, 2017

WCD

A Foundation Inspiring Visionary Boards World Wide

WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Foundation is the only global membership organization and community of women corporate directors. WCD helps make the challenges of being a director easier, improves your international knowledge and connections, and enables you to have more impact and influence on public policy and in the boardroom.

WCD members are champions for change, progressive thought-leaders, and advocates for accelerating best practices in global governance. Smart boards are going global in members and mindset. The WCD community provides a platform for turning ideas into action—an impact that reaches beyond our membership, to the larger world of corporate governance and its stakeholders worldwide.

WCD has 80 chapters around the world: Argentina, Arizona, Atlanta, Austin, Australia (Melbourne & Sydney), Beijing, Boston, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo), Carolinas, Chicago, Chile, Cleveland, Colombia, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denmark, Detroit, Finland, France, Germany, Greater New Mexico, Guatemala, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hanoi, Hawaii, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Iceland, India (Delhi & Mumbai) Indonesia, Israel, Italy (Milan & Rome), Japan, Kansas City, Kenya, London, Los Angeles/Orange County, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mexico, Minnesota, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Florida/South Georgia, Panama, Peru, Philadelphia, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Quebec, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, South Africa, South Florida, South Korea, Spain, St. Louis, Sweden, Switzerland, Sydney, Tampa, Tennessee, Toronto, Turkey, Uruguay, Washington, DC, Western Canada.

Future chapters launching soon: Detroit, November 13, 2017

Future chapters in discussion include: Austria, Costa Rica, Norway, Orlando, Pakistan, Portland Oregon, Portugal, Hungary-Poland-Slovakia combined chapter, Thailand, Vancouver, Wisconsin

Our mission is to:• Inspire visionary boards worldwide – by providing education and tools that

keep members engaged, informed, and high-performing as directors.• Increase the representation of women on boards and in board leadership

positions.• Foster a powerful, trusted community of influential women corporate

directors.• Increase the pipeline of qualified female board candidates.Our vision is to:• Become THE influential network for women who serve on/or aspire to be on

corporate boards of directors across the globe.• Grow the global network with highly qualified women of diverse backgrounds,

experiences, expertise, and geographies.• Support members to contribute to the growth, governance, and sustainability

of their organizations.


WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD)is grateful to the sponsors of the

2017 EMEA Institute

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WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) 2017 EMEA Institute

Theme: Leadership Principles for Boards: Rebuilding Trust in Business and InstitutionsMadrid, SpainHosted by KPMG Spain

Agenda

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Location KPMG Madrid Offices – Paseo de la Castellana 259C 28046 Madrid, Spain

11:30 – 12:30 WCD Chapter Chair Meeting

13:00 – 13:45 Registration, greetings, and networking Light lunch provided

13:45 – 14:00 Opening of the EMEA Institute • Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman

and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

• Hilario Albarracín (Spain), Senior Partner and Member of the Global Board, KPMG

14:15 Buses to Rafael del Pino Auditorium

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Location Rafael del Pino Auditorium Calle Rafael Calvo, 39A, 28010 Madrid, Spain

15:00 – 16:15 Panel 1: From Brexit to Trump: What Does the Increasingly Complex Geopolitical Landscape Mean for Boards and Directors?

• Meredith Sumpter (United States) (Moderator), Director, Asia at Eurasia Group

• Miranda Curtis (United Kingdom), Independent Board Director, Liberty Global and Marks & Spencer, plc; Chair of Trustees at Camfed International; Lead Non-Executive Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Candace Johnson (Luxembourg), Founder/Co-founder SES, Loral Teleport Europe, Europe Online, Success Europe, VATM, Global Telecom Women’s Network, Global Board Ready Women, Oceania Women’s Network Satellite; President, EBAN (European Business Angels Network); Board Member, SES-Imagotag (SESL)

• Di Landau (United States), CEO, Global Resources, Inc.; Board Chair, James&Co.; WCD Member

• Elena Pisonero (Spain), Chairwoman, Hispasat; Director, Hisdesat and PRISA

• Melanie Richards (United Kingdom), Deputy Chair and Board Member, KPMG UK; WCD Chapter Chair

16:15 -16:30 Break


16:30 - 17:30 Panel 2: How Are Boards Responding to the Technology Imperative?

• Annalisa Gigante (Switzerland) (Moderator), Board Member, Foundation for Learning; former CTO LafargeHolcim and ExCo member Adecco Group; WCD Chapter Chair

• Jannet Atika (Kenya), Director of Customer Operations, Safaricom Limited; WCD Member

• Nilsa Guerrero-Mahon (Puerto Rico), Director, NioCorp Developments, LTD; Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Centura Health Mountains & North Denver Operating Group; Vice Chair of the Colorado Financial Services Commission Board; WCD Chapter Chair

• Dr. Heike Hanagarth (Germany), Supervisory Board Member, LANXESS AG; former Board Member, Deutsche Bahn AG

• Amparo Moraleda (Spain), Director, Airbus Group, CaixaBank, Solvay, Faurecia, and Vodafone Group Plc

17:30 – 17:45 Break

17:45 – 18:25 “A Conversation With”:

• Halla Tomasdottir (Iceland), Corporate Director & former Presidential Candidate; WCD Chapter Chair

• Interviewed by Nancy Calderon (United States), Global Lead Partner, KPMG LLP; Director, Global Delivery Center, Ltd., KPMG India; Director, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

18:25 – 18:30 Closing of the Day • Melanie Richards (United Kingdom),

Deputy Chair and Board Member, KPMG UK; WCD Chapter Chair

18:30 – 19:30 Cocktail Reception

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19:40 Buses to the Prado Museum (Paseo del Prado s/n)

20:10 Registration at the Prado Museum

20:30 – 21:30 Tours of the Prado Museum Location: Paseo del Prado, s/n, 28014 Madrid, Spain

21:30 – 23:00 Roundtable Dinner Event at Musas Hall, the Prado Museum Opening: • Socorro Fernández Larrea (Spain), CEO,

JUSTNOW; Director. Red Eléctrica de España; WCD Chapter Chair

• Montserrat Trape (Spain), Member of the Board and Partner, KPMG; WCD Chapter Chair

Closing: • Ciska Knight (United Kingdom), Director,

Global Sales and Markets, KPMG

23:00- 23:20 Buses from the Prado Museum to Hotel Hesperia Madrid Location: Paseo de la Castellana, 57, 28046 Madrid, Spain

Wednesday, October 25, 2017Location Rafael del Pino Auditorium

Calle Rafael Calvo, 39A 28010 Madrid, Spain

8:30 – 9:00 Registration, greetings, and networking Continental breakfast provided


9:00 – 9:10 Opening of the Day • Nancy Calderon (United States), Global

Lead Partner, KPMG LLP; Director, Global Delivery Center, Ltd., KPMG India; Director, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

9:10 – 10:10 Panel 3: Strategic Investor Management: Comparative Approaches Across EMEA

• José Luis Blasco Vázquez (Spain) (Moderator), Partner, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Global Head for Sustainability Services, KPMG

• Jen Braswell (United Kingdom), Director of Corporate Strategy, CDC Group plc

• Marina Brogi (Italy), Director, Luxottica Group and Salini Impregilo; Full Professor of International Banking and Capital Markets, Sapienza University; WCD Family Business Co-chair, WCD Chapter Chair and Advisory Board Member

• Marlene Uetz (Singapore and Switzerland), Managing Director, I.J. Martin & Co Pte Ltd; Director, I.J. Martin & Co Ltd; former Board Member BSCC; WCD Member.

10:10 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:15 “A Conversation With”:

• Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

• Susan Keating (United States), President and CEO of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC); WCD Member

• Interviewed by: Kapila Anand (United States), Director, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality; Retired Partner and Senior Advisor, KPMG; LLP WCD Chapter Chair and Lead Director, WCD Foundation

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11:15 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Panel 4: Trust and Transparency: How Do Boards Show Leadership in Rebuilding Broken Trust?

• Maya Makanjee (South Africa) (Moderator), Director, Tiger Brands Limited; Director Mpact Limited; Director, AIG South Africa Limited; Director, AIG Life South Africa Limited; Trustee, Nelson Mandela Foundation

• Leyla Alaton (Turkey), Board Member, Alarko Group of Companies; President, Alvimedica Medical Technologies Group; WCD Member

• Hixonia Nyasulu (South Africa), Founder and Executive Chairman, Ayavuna Women’s Investments; Non-Executive Director, Unilever

• Monique G.M. van Dijken Eeuwijk (Netherlands), Counsel and Chair, Benelux Sector Team Professional Services Firms, NautaDutilh

12:30 – 12:40 Closing of the EMEA Institute

• Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

12:40 – 14:00 Luncheon Location: Luzi Bombón Restaurant, Paseo de la Castellana, 35


WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation, Inc. (the WCD Foundation) is pleased to welcome the most powerful women from around the world—corporate, large privately-held company, and family company directors — for WCD’s 2017 EMEA Institute. This will be a unique gathering of business leaders from throughout the region to a crossroads of the world economy.

Directors must not only develop a company’s global strategy, but also be vigilant watchdogs who understand the hidden challenges of working around the world. WCD’s EMEA Institute will provide access to a community of like-minded women directors where we can share knowledge and experiences. The connections will enable members to build relationships and provide references for each other. Directors will learn how to be more effective and influential. The EMEA Institute will explore compelling trends on the minds of directors – as well as a call to action and blueprint to help break down the structural, cultural and strategic obstacles to create diverse boards. Excellence in board performance and board diversity are business and governance imperatives, and boards need the right men and women leaders—multigenerational, multi-national, multi-cultural, and multi-regional.

As we operate in an increasingly deglobalized world, it becomes imperative that companies approach business with cross-cultural understanding in order to face shifting global trends with the knowledge necessary to turn challenges into opportunities. The world is at an economic crossroad. We need to develop directors who not only have the courage to face the realities of the world and the companies on whose boards they serve, but also the audacity and skill sets to reimagine and rebuild both. We need more courage, candor, inclusion and cohesion in the boardroom.

WCD is thrilled to welcome you to Madrid.

We would like to thank KPMG, WCD’s EMEA Sponsor, for once again being the Lead Sponsor of the EMEA Institute and for inspiring us.

Cheers,

Susan Stautberg Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation

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October 24, 2017

Welcome to WCD’s EMEA Institute. KPMG is once again proud to be the global lead sponsor of WomenCorporateDirectors and this Institute, which continually provides outstanding content created by members, for members.

As directors are aware, the global community is in the midst of a disruptive and uncertain cycle, but as we’ve seen in KPMG’s 2017 Global CEO Survey, disruption can be viewed as a positive. In fact, 65 percent of the CEOs surveyed view disruption as an opportunity, not a threat, and 74 percent say their business is aiming to be the disruptor in its sector.

During our panel discussions, we will focus on several topics that received attention in the CEO survey, including:

• From Brexit to Trump: What Does the Increasingly Complex Geopolitical Landscape Mean for Boards and Directors? (43 percent of CEOs are reassessing their global footprint as a result of the changing pace of globalization and protectionism.)

• How Boards are Responding to the Technology Imperative: (Data & analytics are key tools for understanding customers. Most CEOs -64 percent- say they are effective at sensing market signals. Yet ongoing success relies on good-quality data and close to half say their customer insight is hindered by lack of quality data.)

• Trust and Transparency: How do Boards Show Leadership in Rebuilding Broken Trust? (74 percent of CEOs indicate their organizations are placing greater emphasis on trust, values and culture in order to sustain the long-term future.)

We hope that you will enjoy the networking at this event and that you will find a few ideas worth taking back to your board. A copy of the 2017 KPMG Global CEO Survey is included in your event materials.

Sincerely,

Kapila Anand Nancy Calderon WCD Lead Director WCD Director, Global Lead Partner, KPMG LLP


KeynoteBios

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United States

President and CEO of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC); WCD Member

Susan Keating

Susan C. Keating has just been appointed the new CEO of WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (WCD), the largest organization of women board members globally with 3,500 members in 80 chapters around the world. She officially takes the helm on December 1, taking over from co-founder and CEO Susan S. Stautberg.

Currently, Susan is President and CEO of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC). Founded in 1951, the NFCC is the largest and longest-serving nonprofit credit counseling organization with 65 member agencies and more than 400 offices in communities throughout the US. NFCC certified financial counselors counsel and provide financial education to 1.2 million clients annually.

Prior to joining the NFCC, Susan spent 29 years in financial services and during her tenure was the highest ranking female CEO of a US bank holding company. From 2000- 2002 she was President and Chief Executive of Allfirst Financial, Inc. the 43rd largest US bank, and the largest US holding of Allied Irish Banks plc (AIB Group). In 2002, Keating was named to the Group Executive Committee of AIB which is responsible for developing corporate strategy and overseeing management of AIB Group.

Susan began her banking career in 1974 as a trainee at First Bank System in Milwaukee. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of retail banking after having served as marketing and credit card manager in Minneapolis. In 1988 Keating joined MNC Financial as Senior Vice President Maryland retail banking, and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 1991. When NationsBank (Bank of America) acquired MNC in 1993, she served as President and senior banking executive for Maryland.

She is a current board member of the Council on Accreditation and until recently served on Bank of America’s National Consumer Advisory Council. She also participates in the Financial Regulation Reform Collaborative, a non-partisan group committed to finding solutions for reforming financial services regulation. A former board chair of the USA Swimming Foundation, she has previously served as a board member of the Baltimore Life Companies; the Financial Services Roundtable – serving as chair of the Consumer Issues Committee; the Greater Baltimore Committee; the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; and was 2002 chairperson for the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Central Maryland. Additionally, she served as banking chair for the US Savings Bond National Volunteer Committee. Susan and her family reside in Washington, DC.

Susan currently resides in Washington D.C. and is moving to South Florida.


Halla is an experienced leader, entrepreneur, board director and investor who ran for President of Iceland in 2016, became runner-up and was awarded the title “A living emoji of sincerity” by the New Yorker. She is sought after as an international keynote speaker and thought leader and has delivered keynotes and participated in panel discussions for international corporations and conferences including TED, Clinton Global Initiative, Women of the World, Skoll Forum, Women’s Forum, Rockefeller University, IESE Business School, Cisco, Pfizer, GE and Nasdaq.

Halla started her career in corporate America working for Mars and Pepsi Cola. She was a member of the founding team of Reykjavík University where she established the Executive Education Department, was an assistant professor at the Business School and led a successful women entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative. She was the first female CEO of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce before she co-founded Auður Capital, an investment firm that focused on incorporating feminine values into finance. Auður Capital survived Iceland’s infamous financial meltdown in 2008 intact. Halla has served as a non-executive and non-profit director in education, finance, consumer products and healthcare.

Halla holds an international MBA degree from Thunderbird. She is passionate about gender balanced and principled leadership and was chosen Business Woman of the Year in Iceland in 2007 and in 2008 she received the equality award from her hometown. In 2009, she received the Cartier Award for European Women Entrepreneurship and in 2010 Newsweek named her to a list of 150 women who “shake the world”.

Halla Tomasdottir Iceland

Corporate Director & former Presidential Candidate; WCD Chapter Chair

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Speaker Bios


Turkey

Board Member, Alarko Group of Companies; President, Alvimedica Medical Technologies Group; WCD Member

Leyla Alaton

Leyla attended Notre Dame de Sion French High School, class of 1980. Later she went on to Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, U.S.A. class of 1984, earning her B.A., and then New York University in New York, U.S.A.

She has been a Board Member of Alarko Group of Companies since 2008, along with the Board Member of Alvimedica Medical Technologies since 2010.

Lelya was honored with the ‘’Légion d’Honneur’’ by the French Government, for contribution to the Turco - French cultural and social relations. Some of Leyla’s accomplishments and activities include: in 1993 was chosen as GLT ‘Global Leaders for Tomorrow’ in Davos World Economic Forum; in 1992 was chosen as the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ by the National Productivity Center of Turkey; New Museum, New York Leadership Council Member; Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, European Jury Member, (Womens Form); ‘KAGIDER’ Women Entrepreneurs Association, Founding Member; GYIAD (Young Businessmen Association), Founding Member; ‘Make a Wish’ Turkey, Founding Member; Contemporary Art Istanbul – Advisory Board Member; AKSANAT Akbank’s Art center – Advisory Board Member; WPO (World Presidents’ Organization) Member; GRF (Global Relations Forum) Member.

Leyla is a social entrepreneur- activist and a contemporary art collector.

Leyla Alaton is a popular spokesperson in the areas of Women in Business and Women Empowerment. She often gives talks in universities about entrepreneurship and women economic independence. She is a role model and an inspirer for young women to have their career and be involved in NGO’s. She is a popular TV figure on entrepreneurship and women issues.

The single mother of two boys and currently resides in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Kenya

Director of Customer Operations, Safaricom Limited; WCD Member

Jannet Atika

Jannet Atika heads the customer care operations at Safaricom. She has over 23 years experience in the telecommunications sector cutting across Public Relations, Sales, Marketing and Customer experience. A passionate advocate for exemplary customer experience, Jannet is known for inspiring teams to excel at service delivery. Today she leads a team of 2000+ staff at Safaricom, responsible for delivering customer experience.

Jannet is an Excom member of the Strathmore Business School Alumni Board and serves as a board member of the Institute of Customer Service (Kenya). She holds membership in Women Corporate Directors (WCD-Kenya chapter) and Institute of Customer Service (Kenya).

An engaging speaker, Jannet was the guest speaker at the Institute of Customer Service (Kenya) breakfast gala on 30th August 2016, a guest speaker at the Africa Women Leaders Symposium on 25th August 2016 Safari and a keynote speaker at Call Center Africa Leaders forum 29th – 30th August Nairobi Kenya.

A graduate of Economics and Sociology keynote from Egerton University, Jannet also holds a Master’s degree in Strategy from the University of Nairobi. She is a graduate from various executive trainings including Women in Leadership Program (WILS), Program for Management Development (PMD), Advanced Management Program (AMP) and Women Directors Leadership Development Summit (WDLS) by Strathmore Business School.

Jannet is married with three children.


United Kingdom

Director of Corporate Strategy, CDC Group plc

Jen Braswell

Jen Braswell currently serves as the Corporate Strategy Lead for CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), where she advises CDC’s CEO and Board on all aspects of CDC’s corporate strategy, including investment, internal governance, shareholder relationships and organisational strategy.

Jen is currently leading the negotiation for CDC’s multi-billion-dollar recapitalisation with the company’s primary shareholder, the UK’s Department for International Development.

Additionally, Jen is driving the CDC initiative to increase the number of women in senior management and non-executive Director roles across CDC’s portfolio companies in Africa and South Asia. CDC has more than $6bn assets under management, and a mandate driven by the UK government to invest in and support businesses in CDC’s markets.

Prior to joining CDC, Jen was Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Kiron Global Strategies (Indonesia), after serving for 10 years as Regional Managing Director - Africa and Eurasia, for Booz Allen Hamilton. In addition to her P&L and operations responsibilities, Jen launched 12 Booz regional offices, while managing the consulting and advisory portfolio.

Jen is a licensed attorney in New York, and holds an MA in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She is fluent in Russian, speaks conversational Italian, and lives with her family in London.

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Italy

Director, Luxottica Group, Salini Impregilo and Banco Desio e della Brianza; Full Professor of International Banking and Capital Markets, Sapienza University; WCD Family Business Co-chair, WCD Chapter Chair and Advisory Board Member

Marina Brogi

Marina Brogi is Full Professor of International Banking and Capital Markets and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Economics, La Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) where she has been involved in teaching and research since 1998. From 1988, she worked at Bocconi University, Milan, first as a Research Fellow and as of 1993, as a Researcher.

Her main research interests are bank management, corporate governance, and capital markets. She has published numerous books and academic papers and is a member of the Scientific Committee for the Consob-Bocconi Conferences and the Scientific Committee for the preparation of the Annual Report on the state of the Italian Financial System of the Rosselli Foundation.

Complementary to her academic experience, Marina serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Boards of listed and unlisted companies, and she has been appointed by the Bank of Italy in the governance bodies in the liquidation of banks and other intermediaries subject to supervision. She currently serves on the Boards of Luxottica Group (also listed on the NYSE), Salini-Impregilo, and Banco Desio e della Brianza and chairs the Remuneration and Nominating Committee of Salini-Impregilo. She also chairs the Supervisory Committees of Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino and Cape Natixis SGR in compulsory administrative liquidation.

She was appointed by the Labour Minister in the Work Group for monitoring the implementation of Law 120/2012, mandating a quota for the less represented gender on the Boards of state-controlled companies, and has been invited to present her expert opinion in public hearings of the Labour Commission of the Italian Senate and the Finance Commission of the Italian Camera (Italy’s lower house).

From January 2014 to June 2016 she served on the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

She holds a degree in Economics from Bocconi University and earned an MBA at London Business School via the 1988 International Exchange Programme.

She participates as an Economist on the main Italian television news programmes (TG1, TG1 economia, Speciale TG1, TG7, Class- CNBC, Sky) and on the radio (Radio 1 and Radio 24). She has published numerous articles in the press (Il Sole 24 Ore, CorrierEconomia, Finanza e Mercati, Libero Mercato, Bloomberg).


United Kingdom

Independent Board Director, Liberty Global and Marks & Spencer plc; Chair of Trustees at Camfed International; Lead Non-Executive Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Miranda Curtis

Miranda Curtis spent her executive career in the global media and digital broadband industry with Denver-based Liberty Global, chaired by John Malone. Her specialism is the oversight of complex cross-cultural joint ventures, and during her career she was involved in the formation and leadership of businesses across Asia-Pacific and Europe.

In 2010, after 17 years managing Liberty’s J:COM partnership with Sumitomo Corporation in Japan, creating the largest digital broadband cable and channel operator in the country, Miranda led the multi-billion dollar negotiation of the sale of Liberty’s Japanese investments.

She was then asked by Dr. Malone to take early retirement in order to join the board of Liberty Global as a non-executive director.

In addition to her Non-Executive role at Liberty Global, Miranda has subsequently developed a varied portfolio encompassing retail businesses (Chair of Waterstones booksellers 2011-2016, and Non-Executive director on the board of Marks & Spencer plc), the performing arts (Deputy Chair of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and Garsington Opera), and public policy (Trustee of the Institute for Government, and Lead Non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office).

Miranda also chairs Camfed, a leading charity delivering exceptional innovation at scale in the education of girls and the empowerment of young women in Africa. Camfed has supported almost 2 million girls through school over the past 25 years, and recently welcomed the 100,000th young woman to join its post-secondary alumnae network.

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Switzerland

Annalisa Gigante

Annalisa Gigante is an advisor, board member, and senior executive in Global 500 companies. She is the former CTO of LafargeHolcim (Euro 30 B), where she led the Group’s innovation activities, Research and Development, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Construction. She has served on boards in education, sport and promoting the advancement of professional women for over 12 years and is Co-chair of WomenCorporateDirectors in Switzerland.

Annalisa serves on expert professional bodies including the Advisory Council of Harvard Business Review, McKinsey and GLG, and is a member of World50.

She co-authored two books (‘Innovation Compass – Conquer New Shores’, 2016; ‘Women on Board, Moving Mountains with Mirella Visser, 2007), and is a conference speaker and lecturer (IMD, EPFL) on topics such as innovation, digital transformation, IoT, corporate governance, strategy, branding and leadership. Recent keynotes include: Chief Innovation Officer Summit London, Industry of Things World Berlin, World50, and the Digital Transformation Council of The Conference Board Brussels. Her career has been the subject of two masters thesis on women top executives.

Annalisa is a former Executive Committee member of Adecco Group, where she served as Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer. She started her career at Bain & Co in Milan in the retail and consumer practice, and managed businesses and functions in the life sciences, agriculture and performance plastics divisions in Monsanto International. She held global strategy roles in Manpower, and further built a key part of Royal DSM’s innovation and growth engine.

Annalisa has led companies to successful growth both organically and with M&A, reviewing strategic choices or disruptions, and delivering innovation, sustainability, digital and business transformation. With a focus on team engagement, collaboration and good governance, she brings a pragmatic approach, resilience and calm under pressure, and knowledge of international markets in both consumer and industrial businesses.

Annalisa holds a BA with honors and MA with honors from Cambridge University, where she studied Applied Biology (Biotechnology), an MBA from SDA Bocconj and an Applied Leadership Certificate from IMD.

Annalisa Gigante is an Italian citizen, is married to a Norwegian and has a teenage daughter. They are based in Zurich.

Board Member Foundation for Learning; former CTO LafargeHolcim and ExCo member Adecco Group; WCD Chapter Chair


Puerto Rico

Nilsa Guerrero-Mahon

Nilsa Guerrero-Mahon is a senior executive, financial expert, and strategist with broad expertise leading domestic and international corporate finance and accounting organizations. She has served as a CFO and Controller for global corporations in the technology, energy, and government sectors. She has driven compliance programs throughout large organizations with operations in multiple global jurisdictions including Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Nilsa currently manages her own consulting firm providing services in the areas of ethics; compliance; corporate governance; fraud prevention and detection; and corporate finance to both domestic and international corporations. She has provided forensic accounting services for the United States Department of Justice and served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver. She recently became a Director for NioCorp Developments, LTD.

Previously, Nilsa was the Financial Controller and the Controls and Compliance Manager for Microsoft Global Services. While working for Microsoft she established the Ethics & Compliance Council, developed the compliance framework, and managed the implementation of ethics and compliance initiatives in multiple worldwide locations. She also managed the CFO certification process and Audit Committee’s disclosures.

In prior positions, she served as a CFO for Storage Test Solutions, Inc., a Senior Manager for Arthur Andersen and a Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) Team Leader for Tyco International’s Health Care, Environmental, and Industrial Divisions in Mexico and the United States.

She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association of Latinos Professionals in Finance & Accounting, and the Microsoft and Arthur Andersen Alumni organizations.

Nilsa received an Executive MBA from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and a BS in Business Administration - Accounting from the Interamerican University in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Nilsa grew up in Puerto Rico and resides in Denver, Colorado, USA with her husband Dave Mahon.

Director, NioCorp Developments, LTD; Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Centura Health Mountains & North Denver Oper-ating Group; Vice Chair of the Colorado Financial Services Commission Board; WCD Chapter Chair

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Germany

Supervisory Board Member, LANXESS AG; former Board Member, Deutsche Bahn AG

Dr. Heike Hanagarth

Dr. Heike Hanagarth is a member of the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG and a member of the Advisory Board of the Aichele Group GmbH. She is also a senator of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, a member of the Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institut ISI, as well as an expert at the Federal Government´s Hightech Forum.

She studied mechanical engineering at the KIT. After starting off her career at Daimler-Benz, she was responsible for the global quality management at MTU Friedrichshafen, which was followed by being the Executive Director at the automotive supplier Rotorion and also the Head of Engine Production at the main BMW site in Munich.

From 2013 to 2015 she served as a member of the Management Board for Technology and Environment at Deutsche Bahn AG with special focus on profitability, quality and innovation.


Luxembourg

Founder/Co-founder SES, Loral Teleport Europe, Europe Online, Success Europe, VATM, Global Telecom Women’s Network, President, EBAN (European Business Angels Network); Board Member, SES-Imagotag (SESL)

Candace Johnson

Candace Johnson is a global infrastructure, network and innovation expert and entrepreneur. She is co-initiator of SES/ASTRA for which she was named an Officer of the Luxembourg Oak Leaf Crown and architect of SES Global, one of the world’s largest satellite systems for which she was named Commander of the Luxembourg Order of Merit. She is also founding President of Europe Online Investments S.A., the world’s first internet-based online service and satellite broadband network, and founder of Loral Cyberstar-Teleport Europe, Europe’s first independent private trans-border satellite communications network for which she was named an Officer of the German Federal Order of Merit. Candace has recently co-founded Oceania Women’s Network Satellite (OWNSAT). OWNSAT has become a founding investor in the Kacific Satellite System based in Singapore, where Candace has also been a member of the Board. Candace is also founding President of the VATM, the Association of Private Telecom Operators in Germany and founding President of the Global Telecom Women’s Network (GTWN). She has continued to be a long-time member of the Board of Directors of all of these companies and organizations at various times throughout the years.

Candace is also President of Johnson Paradigm Ventures (JPV) which is a principal founding shareholder with AXA, Caisse des Depots, Bayerische Landesbank, and the SPEF of Sophia Euro Lab, Europe’s first trans-border early-stage investment company based in Sophia Antipolis. JPV is also a principal founding shareholder in London-based Ariadne Capital, “Architecting Europe.net”, one of the earliest supporters and promoters of Skype, the global VoIP phenomenon. Candace has served as Founding Member of the Boards of both companies.

In her personal capacity, Candace is a Member of the Supervisory Boards of Garage Canada, Iris Capital (Europe) and was a Founding Member of Inovent (Turkey). Candace is founding Member and was President of the Board of the Sophia Business Angels in Sophia Antipolis, France from 2006 – 2008 as well as Founding President of three multi-million Euro investment vehicles, Succès Europe, Croissance Europe and Innovation Europe, together with Meeschaert Gestion Prive. Candace is also Founding Member of the Cologne Business Angels, Galata Business Angels and Advisory Board of the Luxembourg Business Angels Network.

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United States

CEO, Global Resources, Inc.; Board Chair, James&Co.; WCD Member

Di Landau

Di Landau is a global technology executive, board member, and trusted advisor to executives, governments, high-tech firms, and investment decision makers on technology strategy, business development, investment planning, and sound governance practices for organizations managing and expanding Information and Communication Technology (ICT), cyber security, utility, and infrastructure assets in emerging and developing countries. She provides strategic expertise in Global Business Development and Strategy; Emerging Market Growth and Operations Management; Cyber Security; Data Governance; ICT / Utilities/Infrastructure Risk and Oversight; and Audit / Due Diligence.

Di has developed and managed public and private sector digital transformation, cyber security, utility, and infrastructure projects, with values exceeding $350MM, in Africa, the Baltics, Southeast and Central Asia, China, Eastern / Central Europe, countries of the former Soviet Union, the Indian sub-Continent, Latin America, the Middle East, and the US. Including three ex-pat assignments, Di has been on the ground in 50+ countries, managing teams and providing senior advice, investment planning, and arbitration services to private sectorfirms, government entities, and multilateral financing / grant-making institutions.

Di founded and serves as CEO of Global Resources, Inc., an international consulting firm that for twenty-five years has worked with government and private sector stakeholders to manage digital assets and leverage major ICT, cyber security, infrastructure, and utility investments. The firm’s work supports city, regional and national utility and infrastructure management, and information systems and cyber security service delivery.

In addition to her executive responsibilities, Di Chairs the Board of James&Co., a global apparel and accessories boutique headquartered in Sydney, and is a member of Ventana Venture Capital’s leadership team.

At AT&T Network Systems (now Nokia Networks), Di led the US $10B telecommunications network manufacturing division’s business launch into India, and managed business expansion initiatives throughout Africa and the Middle East.

In 2011, Di was selected by the Financial Times as a member of its Agenda International 100 – a global list of top prospects for Boards that require international management savvy. Di holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, a master’s degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (with engineering and global business education at MIT and Harvard Business School), and she has expertise in foreign languages. She has served as a keynote speaker, authored Chronicles of Corporate Change: Management Lessons from AT&T and Its Offspring (Lexington Books), and been interviewed and quoted in major global publications. Di is a member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD), and Octane, an association that promotes southern California’s technology industry growth and innovation.


South Africa

Director, Tiger Brands Limited; Director, Mpact Limited; Director, AIG South Africa Limited; Director, AIG Life South Africa Limited; Trustee, Nelson Mandela Foundation

Maya Makanjee

Born in South Africa, Maya holds a Masters degree in Business Leadership (MBL) through the University of South Africa, graduating cum laude, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Natal in Durban. After completing her schooling in Durban, she spent four years at the University of Mumbai where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance.

Maya is an independent Non-Executive director, and currently sits on the boards of Tiger Brands Limited, Mpact Limited, AIG South Africa Limited, AIG Life South Africa Limited and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Maya retired from the board of Worldwide Fund for Nature in November 2015 after serving nine years.

She was also an executive director of Vodacom (Pty) Limited and Chairman of the Vodacom Foundation South Africa. Prior to that, she was an executive director at SABMiller Africa and Asia, and before that, an executive director at Nestlé South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

Maya has gained extensive experience in SADC countries and in some Asian markets. She has held top management positions in financial services, human resources, marketing communication, corporate affairs, strategy and business reengineering.

She joined the Vodacom Group as Chief Officer, Corporate Affairs and worked for the organization for four years. She was also the executive sponsor of the Women’s Network Forum. Prior to joining Vodacom, Maya was the Chief Executive Officer of FinMark Trust, a financial services organization funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development. The purpose of the organization is to make financial markets work better for the poor across Africa, through playing a catalytic role to bring about systemic change. Maya also sat on the board of the Access to Insurance Initiative, a global board (head office in Germany), comprising insurance supervisors and donor partners.

Before this, Maya worked for SABMiller as Corporate Affairs Director for Africa and Asia. Prior to joining SABMiller, she worked at Nestlé in the role of Communication, Public Affairs and Human Resources Director for Southern and Eastern Africa, responsible for 19 countries.

Maya began her career in retail banking in South Africa, working for both the Standard Bank and Nedcor groups. Upon her return to South Africa, she returned to the banking sector before joining Telkom. Prior to leaving Telkom, she was Deputy Group Executive, Strategic Planning.

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Spain

Director, Airbus Group, CaixaBank, Solvay, Faurecia, and Vodafone Group Plc

Amparo Moraleda

Amparo is an Industrial Engineer by ICAI (Madrid) and has a PDG by IESE Business School of Madrid.

She has over 20 years experience in IBM Corporation (her last post as General Manager for Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel and Turkey) and has also served as Chief Operating Officer for IBERDROLA´s International Division.

Amparo currently serves as a board member and as a member of different committees of Faurecia (France), Solvay (Belgium), Caixabank (Spain), Airbus Group (The Netherlands) and Vodafone Group (UK). Her former NED positions include Melia Hotels International (Spain), Corporación Financiera Alba (Spain) and Alstom (France).

She is also a member of the Advisory Board of SAP Ibérica, the Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart Spain, the International Advisory Board of Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and of the Supervisory Board of CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) as well as a member of the Board of Trustees in various foundations and institutions including the Academia de las Ciencias Sociales y del Medio Ambiente de Andalucía (Seville), the Real Academia de las Ciencias Económicas y Financieras (Barcelona), MD Anderson Cancer Center (Madrid), Confederación Española de Directivos y Ejecutivos (Barcelona), and the CurArte Foundation in Madrid.

Consistently ranked among the top 10 most valued CEO´s in Spain, Amparo has been granted multiple awards from media, women and business associations, including the Excellence Award by FEDEPE, the Javier Benjumea Award from the association of engineers of ICAI and the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame Award.

She is also a lecturer in different MBA and Leadership Training courses.


South Africa

Founder and Executive Chairman, Ayavuna Women’s Investments; Non-Executive Director, Unilever

Hixonia Nyasulu

Hixonia is the Chairman of Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Pty) Ltd, a women-controlled investment vehicle. She was rated by the Financial Mail amongst the top three most influential women in business in South Africa. Before founding Ayavuna in 2004, she ran (for 20 years) T.H. Nyasulu & Associates, a strategy, marketing and research company she started in 1984 after working for Unilever for six years. Her clients included retail, manufacturing, FMCG and tourism companies, as well as municipalities.

A highly experienced Non-Executive director, Hixonia has served on the boards of South African blue-chip companies such as McCarthy Group Ltd, Anglo Platinum Ltd, Nedbank Ltd (where she became deputy chairman), and Tongaat Hulett Ltd since 1992.She was also a member of the JPMorgan Advisory Board until October 2013. She attended the International Programme for Board Members at the world-renowned Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, which exposed her to corporate governance models in various countries.

Born in 1954 in South Africa, Hixonia has an Honours Degree in Psychology. She also holds an Executive Leadership Development Programme Certificate from the Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute in Massachusetts. In order to sharpen her skills in accelerating international growth, she attended the IMD’s most popular programme, “Orchestrating Winning Performance,” in June 2007.

She served as a member of the Banking Enquiry Panel, appointed by the South African Competition Commission to investigate charges in the retail banking sector, access to the National Payment System, and competition in the banking sector. Recently, she was a founding member of the Advisory Group formed by the WEF to set up a community of global chairmen, to design a programme and agenda for the first Gathering of Chairmen in Megeve, France in April 2013, where she also led one of the discussion topics.

She was Director of Sasol Ltd for seven years and led the company as Chairman for five years, from 2008 till 2013. Until April 2016, she had served nine years on the Board of Unilever PLC and NV. She is also Chairman of Nyasulu Holdings, and owner and Executive Producer of “H to the power of You”, a Leadership and Talent development TV show, which has broadcast to 48 African countries on the CNBC Africa channel.

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Spain

Chairwoman, Hispasat; Director, Hisdesat and PRISA; WCD Member

Elena Pisonero

Elena Pisonero is an economist with a strategic and global vision that she has gained from her more than 30 years of experience in projects entailing transformation and change, both in the public and the private sector, as well as from her active participation in think tanks and associations.

She is currently Chairwoman of Hispasat (satellite operator); member of the Board of Directors of Hisdesat (strategic communications) and the Board of PRISA (owner of El Pais, la SER and Santillana); and chair of the Advisory Board of RocaSalvatella (digital boutique).

She contributes to society on a voluntary basis as a member of the board of relevant think tanks in international affairs such as Bruegel and the Real Instituto Elcano. She is a partner of the Círculo de Empresarios and member of IWF (International Women Forum) and Women Corporate Directors.

Prior to that, she served as Secretary of State for Trade, Tourism and SMEs of Spain, National Member of the Parliament of Spain and Ambassador of Spain to the OECD. In the private sector, she was a partner at KPMG and worked for Siemens.

She holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has postgraduate qualifications from the most prestigious Business Schools (Stanford, INSEAD, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, ESADE).

Among other acknowledgments, in the year 2000 she was awarded the Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica granted by His Majesty the King of Spain, as well as La Legión de Honneur from France in 2016.


United Kingdom

Deputy Chair and Board Member, KPMG UK; WCD Chapter Chair

Melanie Richards

Melanie Richards is Deputy Chair and Partner at KPMG. Joining the firm in 2000 to develop the Debt Advisory practice, Melanie was appointed to the KPMG UK Board in 2012 and became Vice Chair in October 2014. Following a leadership transition in 2017, Melanie assumed the role of Deputy Chair and now works with the Chairman and Board in setting KPMG’s strategic direction and determining major policy positions.

As Deputy Chair Melanie oversees the stewardship of the firm and KPMG brand. She also leads KPMG’s, Vice-Chairs, a team of the firm’s most senior and experienced Partners who represent KPMG’s external voice in the market and work alongside our highest-profile clients and key stakeholders, including regulators, industry bodies and the media. She is responsible for bringing the voice of the client to the heart of KPMG’s strategic decisions, and plays a key leadership role in interfacing with the wider firm partnership.

Melanie has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, with particular expertise in banking, lending and debt restructuring. Prior to joining KPMG, Melanie spent 15 years with NatWest and three years with Hambros’ Fixed Income Group where she headed the private placement group.

Melanie is a passionate champion of diversity and is a recognized voice on the issue of gender equality. She is a founding member of the 30% Club Steering Committee, a pioneering campaign focused on increasing female representation in FTSE Boards and Leadership. In 2013, Melanie received the Opportunity Now’s Champion Award, the gender campaign from Business in the Community and in 2014 she joined the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board. In June 2016, Oxford Brookes University awarded Melanie an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration for her many achievements in business and her active promotion of gender equality. In September 2017, Melanie was named #1 in the FT’s Female Champion of Women in Business list.

Melanie is Vice Chair of The Eve Appeal, which funds research into developing effective prediction and detection of gynecological cancers and is a governor of Eastbourne College.

Spain

Chairwoman, Hispasat; Director, Hisdesat and PRISA; WCD Member

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United States

Director, Asia at Eurasia Group

Meredith Sumpter

Meredith Sumpter has more than 15 years of experience in analysis, business, and policy across the region. She oversees Eurasia Group’s advisory and consulting work on Asia and is a lead strategic thinker on the region. Her experience is steeped in politics and spans multiple countries and sectors including ICT, fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare, banking and finance, agriculture, media and entertainment, and food and beverage. She is taking on a new role at Eurasia Group as Head of Research Strategy and Operations, where she will lead and manage the firm’s global research strategy and product platform at a time of considerable change and opportunity.”

Meredith joined Eurasia Group after several years as an executive at BowerGroupAsia, where she led corporate advisory for Fortune 500 clients across the region, including in Indonesia, India, and China. Meredith previously served as a diplomat in Beijing, where she advised two US ambassadors and analyzed politics, economics, and security issues for the policy community. She has held positions at the Asia Foundation and the International Crisis Group, as well as in the US Senate. She started her career working among business executives and engineers at a Fortune 100 multinational company, where she helped develop new business and expand the company’s product base worldwide.

Meredith speaks Mandarin Chinese and is an honors graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she earned a master’s degree in theory and history of international relations. She has bachelor’s degrees in business administration and international studies from the University of Washington. Meredith hails from the Pacific Northwest and along with her husband Ryan enjoys a rich life parenting four small children.


Singapore and Switzerland

Managing Director, I.J. Martin & Co Pte Ltd; Director, I.J. Martin & Co Ltd; former board member BSCC; WCD Member

Marlene Uetz

Marlene Uetz‘s key focus is on global business leadership and international corporate governance and on the confluence of these two forces in the boardroom and C-Suite. A marketing strategist and visionary entrepreneur at heart, she divides her time primarily between Asia, Europe and USA and is a member of WCD’s Singapore Chapter.

Swiss-national Marlene co-founded I.J. Martin & Co Ltd in Geneva in 1998, serving Europe and USA. Its HQ relocated to Zurich as part of its business expansion in 2007. In 2011, she incorporated sister company I.J. Martin & Co Pte Ltd in Singapore, serving Asia. Managing Director of the latter and a board member of both companies, she has successfully led these organisations through a number of business cycles and severe economic crises.

Her company, I.J. Martin & Co, is a uniquely-global and highly discrete leadership advisory group, specializing in coaching and mentoring Boards, CEOs and C-Suite leaders in MNCs. Client corporations cover a wide spectrum from manufacturing through financial services to not-for-profit organisations, including the UN and NGOs.

Marlene’s not-for-profit leadership experience includes two three-year terms as Non-Executive Board Member (Councilor) of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. She is a former Executive Board member and Chairman of its biggest Chapter, where she led it to 55% operational growth over three years during the Great Recession.

Marlene’s earlier career was in consulting and in sales and marketing in B2B and B2C enterprises. She led international marketing, restructuring and change management projects in the luxury watch industry, high-end professional services, consumer electronics and global not-for-profit organisations. Previously, she held various positions in Generali, DuPont, Emerson Electric and VTech.

Marlene is a double-MBA graduate, Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. A member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, she has gained certification as a ‘Listed Company Director’.

Marlene travels in many countries and has lived in Europe, USA, Colombia and Hong Kong. She is fluent in four languages.

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Netherlands

Counsel and Chair, Benelux Sector Team Professional Services Firms, NautaDutilh

Monique G.M. van Dijken Eeuwijk

Monique is specialised in (supervisory) laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions, audit firms, auditors, their respective world wide networks and the national professional services firms of which they form part. Furthermore, she is an expert in the field of privacy and data protection in the broadest sense.

Monique’s practice, in particular, focusses on advising (i) Supervisory Boards on their various roles and how to execute and demonstrate effective internal supervision on value creation, (ii) the Executive Board on (the execution of) strategy; long term value creation and external supervision as well as on (iii) advising and assisting the Compliance/Risk Management and Legal Departments on supervisory and compliance issues; in creating and enabling the provision of (financial) services and the processing of data on a cross border (global) basis.

Monique is the chair of the Benelux Sector Team Professional Services Firms, which Team is active in NL, Brussels and Luxemburg. Furthermore, she is a member of the Privacy Team and the Public law team within NautaDutilh. Monique advises, amongst others the Big 4, on a variety of (inter)national issues and developments.

Monique regularly lectures on supervisory and governance matters to (non) exec. board members. She is a member of the Dutch Association of Board members and Supervisory Board members (NCD). Furthermore, she is a member of the leadership team of the Dutch Chapter of the Women Corporate Directors Foundation, as well as a member of the Women Interest Group of the International Bar Association. Monique is also admitted to the ‘Top Women Database’ created by the Minster of Education, Culture and Science and The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO NCW). She is a member of the Dutch Bar.

Apart from English she is also fluent in the French language.


Spain

Partner, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Global Head for Sustainability Services, KPMG

José Luis Blasco Vázquez

José Luis represents the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF) on the Commission on Environmental, Social and Governance Issues (CESG) of the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies (EFFAS). He is a Member of the Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (ICA) (Institute of Board Members) and a Member of the Instituto de Auditores Internos de España (Spanish Institute of Internal Auditors)

José Luis has over 18 years’ experience in professional services and independent assurance for major companies in Spain.

He began his professional career at the Spanish Red Cross, where he was first appointed Director of the Region of Madrid and then National Director of the Red Cross Youth. He was an elected member of the National Council of this institution. Later, José Luis helped to set up the National Westminster Bank Foundation in Spain and the internal audit department of the Westminster group in Spain. In 1996, he joined the Entorno Foundation – part of the SEPI group – leveraging the environmental profiles of the State-owned companies during their privatization process. During this period as Program Director, he created two companies of which he was CEO until 2003.

In 2003, he joined KPMG to build the Sustainable Development department and was appointed partner of the firm in 2008. In 2013, his duties expanded to include the development of the Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance department of KPMG in Spain.

During these years José Luis has been working for some of the most important companies in Spain. His innovative approach and strong communication skills have enabled him to build enduring relationships with C-level management. Today he is considered one of the most influential people in the fields of sustainability and corporate social responsibility in Europe and Latin America.

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WCD Board Bios


United States

Director, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality; Retired Partner and Senior Advisor; KPMG LLP; WCD Chapter Chair and Lead Director, WCD Foundation

Kapila Anand

Kapila was recently elected to the NYSE listed board of Extended Stay America, Inc. where she serves as the chair of the nominating and governance committee and on the Audit committee. She also currently serves as the Lead Director of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation Director (WCD Foundation), the Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and the advisory board of ASCEND, the largest Asian Pacific Islander organization.

She has served on the Boards of KPMG LLP in the U.S. and Americas, as the chair of the KPMG Foundation as well as KPMG’s Diversity Advisory Board. Kapila Anand recently retired as a partner with KPMG and is currently engaged by KPMG as a senior advisor on certain industry matters. During her career, she most recently served as KPMG’s leader for the Travel, Leisure and Hospitality industry with more than 35 years of experience serving financial services, real estate, private equity, gaming and hospitality clients. She also served as Partner in charge of KPMG’s Public Policy Business Initiatives, responsible for assessing the impact of regulatory changes on the Firm and its clients and built KPMG’s private equity advisory business. She has authored numerous articles and is a frequent speaker at industry and governance forums. She served as a governance and liaison partner for KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute facilitating a variety of Audit committee and Lead director peer exchanges. She continues in her role as the co-chapter chair of the Chicago chapter of WCD.

Kapila was awarded the “Women to Watch” award by the Illinois CPA Society. She was also honored as an “Inspirational Leader” by ASCEND. She was profiled as a “Voice of Experience” by the Glass Hammer, an online community created for women executives.

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United States

Global Lead Partner, KPMG LLP; Director, Global Delivery Center, Ltd., KPMG India; Director, the WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

Nancy Calderon

Nancy Calderon is KPMG’s Global Lead Partner for IBM, responsible for building and managing the firm’s global relationship with the company. In this position, Nancy manages a global team of 500 partners and professionals in more than 50 countries providing a wide range of services to this Fortune 25 company and its customers.

She is a board director of KPMG’s Global Delivery Center, Ltd., the firm’s operating arm in India and is a senior advisor to KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute.

Prior to assuming this role in 2012, Nancy was Chief Administrative Officer, KPMG Americas Region, and U.S. National Partner in Charge, Operations. She was responsible for developing and executing many of the firm’s Operations strategies and key infrastructure initiatives, ranging from Information Technology and Finance & Accounting to Procurement, Real Estate, and Enterprise Risk. During the Financial Crisis she implemented a strategy that reduced the operational costs of the firm by $500 million. Her direct reports included the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, and heads of Real Estate, Global Outsourcing and Procurement.

Nancy has almost 30 years’ experience with KPMG, having held a variety of operational, client service, and leadership positions in the firm. Before moving to her current position, Nancy sat on a number of KPMG committees including the Americas Region Management Committee, Enterprise Risk Management, Privacy, Social Media, and Knowledge Management.

Nancy also serves on the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation Board and the Greater New York YMCA Board, chairing the Audit and Compensation Committees as well as the 2014/2015 CEO Search Committee. She is a member of The International and New York Women’s Forums. Nancy has been honored as a “Woman Worth Watching” and a Supplier Diversity Leader by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Nancy was honored as the NYC YMCA’s Volunteer of the Year and a recipient of the American Woman’s Society of CPA’s Woman of Courage Award.

During 2014, Nancy co-authored a book with Susan Stautberg, “Women on Board – insider secrets to getting onto a board and succeeding as a director”.


United States

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

Susan Stautberg

Susan Stautberg is Chair and CEO of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD). She has proven expertise in strategic planning, business expansion, market development, and corporate governance with extensive, top level, quality relationships around the world. Susan’s unique career spans the corporate, entrepreneurial, media, and nonprofit sectors, as well as politics and government, including the White House.

Susan co-founded WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), which now has over 3,500 members serving on over 10,500 corporate boards. WCD now includes 80 chapters on six continents. The combined market capitalization of the public companies on whose boards the WCD members serve totals almost $8 trillion; if WCD were a country, its economy would be the world’s third largest, behind only the U.S. and China.

In addition, Susan co-founded OnBoard Bootcamp, which provides an insider’s guide on how to be selected to be a corporate, private company, or advisory board director through programs delivered around the globe. Susan also founded PartnerCom which assembles and manages advisory boards globally for businesses, governments, and nonprofits, for which she now consults.

The Belizean Grove, also founded by Susan, is a preeminent community and retreat for leading women who share knowledge and connections. Conceived of and assembled as a constellation of global women leaders, the Belizean Grove, as well as a group of tomorrows rising women leaders in TARA, understand the importance of global issues and the network’s core value to share and support each other’s efforts.

She also dedicates her time to nonprofit organizations. Currently, Susan is a board member of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Adventures for the Mind Foundation, SSS Leadership Foundation and the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation. She is also a member of the C200, International Women’s Forum, and the New World Angels.

Susan has received numerous awards and honors including Honorary Doctor of Laws from Wheaton College, The Director’s Choice Award, Visionary Empowerment Honoree by the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Purpose Prize Fellow and named one of Women’s E News’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. She was honored with Alumnae Awards from The Shipley School and Wheaton College.

Her writing consists of seven books, including Selected Quotations that Inspire Us to Think Bigger, Live Better and Laugh Harder, and her most recent, Women on Board: Insider Secrets to Getting on a Board and Succeeding as a Director.

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