Overview
The focus of this session is on best practices respecting improving gender diversity on company boards and senior management. Discussion will include:
- Highlights of developments in regulation in Canada and internationally in gender diversity since the publication of the amendments to National Instrument 58-101 in October 2014
- Results of the Osler and CSA surveys on disclosure practices during the 2015 proxy season, including level of representation of women as directors and as executives, prevalence of companies adopting written disclosure policies, targets for women on the board and in senior management and relevant target levels
- Company practices for increasing the proportion of women directors and executives, including what worked, what did not, building a consensus for change, tracking progress and other concerns and issues
- Perspectives of directors – recruiting, onboarding, interacting with other directors and with executives, what worked and where there is room for improvement
Moderator
Andrew MacDougall
Partner, Governance Advisory
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Panelists
Karen McCarthy
Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Seretary
Royal Bank of Canada
Deborah Rosati
Corporate Director and Co-Founder
Women get on Board
Vandana Juneja
Senior Director
Catalyst
Sonia Baxendale
Corporate Director
CI Financial and Foresters Insurance