Beyond Compliance, Toward Conviction
CBD convened 60+ leaders to release new data and insights, highlighting the shift from board diversity targets to inclusive leadership, stronger governance, and real impact.
Tham Sai Choy: Organisations are set up to build succession in its own likeness
Organisations are set up to build succession in its own likeness. “That’s why board diversity is hard to achieve,” says Tham Sai Choy, independent director and active participant in the development of corporate governance practice.
The Climate in the Boardroom – Partner event @ Ecosperity Week 2024
The urgency of climate change, interest in sustainability disclosures, and emerging regulations call for change to be driven from the top. This was the focus of The Climate in the Boardroom, a compact lunchtime forum hosted by the Council for Board Diversity following Day 1 of Ecosperity Week.
Growth and profitability must be met with good governance says Tan Yinglan
For any company, much less a startup, the ability to see the bigger picture can only come from having a board and management that are diverse in not just gender and skills, but also age and experience. The founder and managing partner of Insignia Ventures Partners chats with CBD.
Board diversity is more than a number
With Singapore’s business-led, voluntary approach, the intent is to encourage organisations on their journey of board diversity without being too prescriptive. In embracing diversity organically, organisations naturally put more effort into ensuring a culture that values and maximises the contributions of all, as opposed to diversity being a result of unthinking compliance.
Council for Board Diversity 5th Anniversary
The Council for Board Diversity marked our 5th year in spearheading efforts to encourage organisations on their journey of leveraging board diversity for enterprise value on 31 August 2023.
CBD Roundtable: Beyond Board Diversity Disclosures
What happens when the Council for Board Diversity brings together chairs and members of board nominating committees (from top 100 listed companies on the Singapore Exchange) for a peer-sharing roundtable on the opportunities and challenges in achieving board diversity for enhanced business resilience?
Future of Charity Boards
How can charities future-proof themselves? The answer to this question formed the crux of the discussion at the Future of Charity Boards event, the first-ever in-person gathering of charity board chairs organised by the Council for Board Diversity (CBD).
Leadership-in-Action Conversation : Leading Organisations Out of a Pandemic
True leadership can arise out of any crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic was a level playing field for leaders, owing to the lack of a common playbook for boards and management teams to navigate it. Research has also shown that organizations that emerge more quickly from crises tend to take a disproportionate share of the opportunities presented.
Ms Janet Ang spoke as a panelist at the launch of the Singapore Board Diversity Index
SID offers a set of affordable board appointment services that companies can tap on to find
and appoint suitable directors. Depending upon a company’s needs and interests, a
company can leverage on SID’s services for the entire process (Board Match) or to reach
out to potential candidates (Board Post).