MEDIA ADVISORY: The Business Case for Women on Corporate Boards
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 9, 2013) - News Media are invited to the Toronto Region Board of Trade, on Wednesday, May 15 at 8 a.m. EDT, to hear Gail Cook-Bennett, past Chair of the Board, Manulife Financial, Deborah Gillis, COO, Catalyst Inc., and Bill Downe, President & CEO, BMO Financial Group, discuss the merits of increasing the representation of women on corporate boards.
Panellists will discuss:
- The business case for women in leadership and how a higher representation of women on boards improves the bottom line;
- How organizations can benefit from having a higher representation of women, and how the added skills and perspectives produce positive business results;
- Ways to address inequalities, for example with the Catalyst Accord, a call to action for Canadian businesses to increase the overall proportion of board seats held by women in Canada to 25% by 2017.
| Who: | Gail Cook-Bennett, Past Chair of the Board, Manulife Financial |
| Bill Downe, President & CEO, BMO Financial Group | |
| Deborah Gillis, COO, Catalyst Inc. | |
| When: | Wednesday May 15, 2013 |
| 8:00 a.m. Panel discussion | |
| Media availability to follow | |
| Where: | Toronto Region Board of Trade Downtown Centre, 4th floor |
| 1 First Canadian Place (use 77 Adelaide St. W. entrance) |
For News Media Enquiries: Toronto Region Board of Trade Matthew Kofsky 416-862-4558 mkofsky@bot.com BMO Financial Group Ralph Marranca (416) 867-3996 ralph.marranca@bmo.com Catalyst Negin Neghabat-Wolthoff (416) 645 5867 nwolthoff@catalyst.org
