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Women on Boards: The Next Steps - Members and Friends Meeting

Published: Thursday, April 04, 2013

Women are only 9% of board members in Ireland's top private companies.  Even though a voluntary target of 40% was set in 1995 for State boards we are still only at 35%.  The EU has asked governments to introduce voluntary measures to bring us to 40% on private companies by 2020.  But Ireland is languishing way behind…

NWCI in collaboration with the European Women's Lobby is organising the next Members and Friends meeting on the topic Women on Boards: The Next Steps.

Speakers include:

  • Vivienne Jupp, Chair of CIE
  • Orlaith Carmody, RTÉ Board
  • Fiona O'Connor, Senior Recruiter Deloitte
  • Margaret E. Ward, Clear Ink
  • Jane Williams, SIA group
  • Noirin Clancy, Women into Public Life
  • Sinead Donovan, Senior Partner Grant Thornton
  • Serap Altinisk, European Women's Lobby
  • Deirdre Garvey, CEO the Wheel

This is a unique chance to:

  • Hear the experiences of women on male-dominated boards
  • Learn what recruiters are looking for
  • Understand the picture in Ireland and Europe
  • Find out how we can get more women on boards

When: 25 April 2013,10:30 am - 2 pm, registration from 10 am
Where: EU House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2

Please RSVP to reception@nwci.ie