Topical boardroom issues from cybercrime to supply chain threats will lead the agenda for the WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Global Institute in New York City, where more than 275 top women board chairs, directors, and CEOs will convene for WCD’s annual summit. These business leaders and other policy and security experts will discuss how boards around the world are stepping up to governance challenges as directors broaden their oversight of corporate risk and strive to be nimble amid rapid market and geopolitical changes.
New to the invitation-only Institute this year is the Family Business Governance Institute— a day of programming around the particular challenges of governing family-run businesses and ensuring survival beyond the founder. Family-controlled firms make up 19% of the Fortune Global 500 – up from 15% in 2005 – and are more likely to have women in the CEO seat and in board seats than non-family companies.
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
