CEO Champions

When I first attended the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society's annual meeting in Deauville, I was struck by the lack of male leaders at this important event. If change was going to happen, it had to be driven from the top of organizations and like it or not, they were dominated by men. That w...

The CEOs taking part in the closed-door meeting at the 8^th Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Deauville, France, focused on the importance of peer pressure and role models, and the need to create “visibility with teeth” by increasing global reach, creating an online coalitio...

The Women’s Forum initiative CEO Champions will gather more than 20 top CEOs on October 11, 2012 to analyze a range of different approaches to the promotion of women within corporations in Australia, the US and Europe.

Companies are responding to pressure to increase the proportion of women in senior management positions, but the pace is still too slow. Women account for only some 13% of company board members in Europe, and according to Viviane Reding, European Commission Vice-President, that figure has risen only...

For the second straight year a group of 32 CEOs and management officers came together in a private meeting to discuss how male and female leaders should continue to make progress on women’s advancement through specific and measurable actions.

On October 13th, 2011, more than 20 CEO Champions’ members and guests will meet at the global Women’s Forum for Economy & Society in Deauville for the second consecutive year to discuss and identify solutions to improve the number of women in leadership positions within the...