This sold-out program offered a unique opportunity for attendees to make meaningful connections with CEOs, board directors, search firm executives, and general counsel from around the world in an exclusive setting. In addition to ample networking opportunities, the program included two engaging panel discussions in which our distinguished speakers pulled back the veil of mystery around obtaining an international corporate board seat and explored the board’s crisis management roles.
Breaking into the Corporate Boardroom: The Pathways and the Processes
Featured Panelists:
Gabriele Apfelbacher, Director, Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited and Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH
M. Tamara Box, Director, Hanover Group Co., Interpath Ltd, and Reed Smith LLP
Marie Oh Huber, Director, Portland General Electric; Former Director, Adevinta ASA
(moderator) Hillary A. Sale, Director, Cboe U.S. Securities Exchanges, CFE and Cboe SEF; Advisory Board Member, Foundation Press
The Board’s Crisis Management Roles
Featured Panelists:
Suzanne Rich Folsom, Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Philip Morris International, Inc.; Director, ECORE International and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
Stephanie Glover, Director, Issues and Crisis, and Head of Legal Comms UK, Edelman
Zabrina Jenkins, Executive Advisor to the Office of the CEO and Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Starbucks Corporation; Director, Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
Mary O’Connor, Executive Chair, Howden Capital Advisory and Placement; Director, Carne Group
(moderator) Teresa M. Sebastian, President and CEO, The Dominion Asset Group; Director, The AES Corporation, Assemble Sound LLC, Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, and Peckham Industries
United States of America Embassy Representatives
Featured Speakers:
Sarah Morgenthau, Special Representative, Office of Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Virginia Murray, Economic Minister Counselor, Office of Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State