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:20260922T051918Z - 26578@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140114T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20140114T140000 CREATED:20260922T051918Z DESCRIPTION:FWA Brownb ag: Board Diversity in SGX-listed Companies - Opportunities for Women to R ise\nThe 2013 edition of the Singapore Board Diversity Report* shows t hat a more diverse boardroom enhances financial performance in terms of re turn on assets and return on equity\, as well as soundness of corporate go vernance of a firm. The findings also reveal a slowly upward trend female board directors serving in Singapore’s listed companies from 6.9% in 201 1 to 7.3% in 2012. Esteemed professor Dr. Marleen Dieleman will be discuss ing the latest Diversity report focusing on the status of gender diversity in Singapore’s listed company boards\, profiles of women directors and the latest research supporting the business case for having more gender di versity 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 mor e women into senior positions and into the boardrooms\, and why women tale nt is one of the company’s valued assets. (*: The Singapore Diversity Re port was first launched in 2011 and is an annual publication by NUS Busine ss School’s Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO ) and BoardAgender) About the speaker: Associate Professor Marleen Dielema n\, NUS Business School\, Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Organis ations Dr. Marleen Dieleman is associate professor and associate director of the Centre for Governance\, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) at NU S Business School in Singapore. She holds a Ph. D. from Leiden University and a master degree in business administration from Rotterdam School of Ma nagement\, both in The Netherlands. Marleen teaches corporate strategy and her research interests are in Asian family businesses\, and in the govern ance of Asian firms. She has published widely on these topics\, including articles in academic journals\, books\, book chapters\, cases and reports. Her work is featured regularly in international media such as the Financi al [...] DTSTAMP:20260922T051918Z 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