BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T065450Z - 34557@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140114T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140114T140000 CREATED:20261012T065450Z DESCRIPTION:FWA Bro wnbag: Board Diversity in SGX-listed Companies - Opportunities for Women t o Rise\nThe 2013 edition of the Singapore Board Diversity Report* show s that a more diverse boardroom enhances financial performance in terms of return on assets and return on equity\, as well as soundness of corporate governance of a firm. The findings also reveal a slowly upward trend fema le board directors serving in Singapore’s listed companies from 6.9% in 2011 to 7.3% in 2012. Esteemed professor Dr. Marleen Dieleman will be disc ussing the latest Diversity report focusing on the status of gender divers ity in Singapore’s listed company boards\, profiles of women directors a nd the latest research supporting the business case for having more gender diversity in Singapore. Her presentation will be followed by a discussion on how women can play a larger role in Singapore’s boards\, how to get more women into senior positions and into the boardrooms\, and why women t alent is one of the company’s valued assets. (*: The Singapore Diversity Report was first launched in 2011 and is an annual publication by NUS Bus iness School’s Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Organisations (C GIO) and BoardAgender) About the speaker: Associate Professor Marleen Diel eman\, NUS Business School\, Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Orga nisations Dr. Marleen Dieleman is associate professor and associate direct or of the Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) at NUS Business School in Singapore. She holds a Ph. D. from Leiden Universi ty and a master degree in business administration from Rotterdam School of Management\, both in The Netherlands. Marleen teaches corporate strategy and her research interests are in Asian family businesses\, and in the gov ernance of Asian firms. She has published widely on these topics\, includi ng articles in academic journals\, books\, book chapters\, cases and repor ts. Her work is featured regularly in international media such as the Fina ncial [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T065450Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA Brownbag: Board Diversity in SGX-listed Companies - Opportuniti es for Women to Rise END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR