“Sabemos que hay espacio para todas”: Mónica Contreras

Mónica Contreras, presidente de TGI, no solo lidera una de las empresas más grandes del país, sino que hace parte de juntas directivas de grandes organizaciones. Además, es una de las mujeres líderes para lograr cerrar la brecha en la equidad de género en los gobiernos corporativos y en la sociedad.

https://forbes.co/2021/05/19/mujeres-poderosas-2021/sabemos-que-hay-espacio-para-todas-monica-contreras/

Mentee Circle holds its first virtual panel discussion – Owning Your Board Journey

The Mentee Circle from the 30% Club Malaysia Board Mentoring Scheme recently held a virtual panel discussion entitled Owning Your Board Journey.


Fifty participants were glued to the screen to listen to the panelists speak on their experiences and challenges on being board members.


Some of the memorable quotes from the session were –


“Never underestimate the power of connection/network. Being a board member can be challenging. Always keep learning and equip yourself with knowledge in corporate governance. Do network with industry experts to build a robust eco-system,” –

Ilham Sunhaji (MBA).


“You are allowed to make mistakes. Learn from them. Move On,” – Maheswari G Kanniah.


“One must be confident that the Board is the right one for you. Do some research on the company and assess the types of risks that one is willing to take,” another pointer -Maheswari G Kanniah.


“To get on board, it is important to get your CV right. State what are you bringing to the board, especially strategy and oversight experience”- Frances P.

The sharing session was moderated by Sujatha Sekhar Naik.


This is the first event that was initiated by the Mentee Circle, a networking group that helps foster better collaboration among mentees.


AXA General Insurance joins 30% Club Malaysia

Today AXA General Insurance Berhad has joined the 30% Club Malaysia as a Corporate Member.


“We are pleased that AXA General Insurance is now a corporate member of the 30% Club Malaysia and part of an ecosystem of businesses, working together on a shared goal – the promotion of DE&I, with a focus on gender balance on Boards and C-Suites,” said 30% Club Malaysia Co-Founder Anne Abraham.


AXA General Insurance CEO Emmanuel Nivet said its participation as 30% Club Malaysia member is evident of its commitment to accelerate DE&I, as well as driving sustainable corporate growth.


“Most importantly this is our commitment for continuous development of our talents and for this initiative, will be for a specific agenda. With our participation in 30% Club, we aim to leverage on their programmes to groom our women talents aspired to explore opportunities as women directors, as well as other senior leadership positions,” he said.


“This participation is very key, not only providing a platform for our talents to develop their interpersonal skills, most importantly building a pool of ready women board members for Public Listed companies in the country,” he added.


First virtual IWD 2021 event – A fire-side chat by 30% Club Global Chair Ann Cairns and “MEN-WHO-PAUSE” Panel Discussion

The recent 30% Club Malaysia IWD 2021 virtual event attracted more than 500 participants who were privileged to listen to various perspectives from thought-leaders.


The event started off with a speech from the founding chair Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar.

“Today, women representation on the top 100 PLC boards stands at 25.8%, an 82% increase from 2015; and women occupy 17.2% of total board seats on all PLCs,” she said.


This is followed by an exciting fire-side chat by 30% Club Global Chair Ann Cairns. One of the memorable quotes captured were – “Investors around the world are voting against companies with all male boards”


The most anticipated session was the panelist discussion – “MEN –WHO –PAUSE”. Some of the memorable quotes were –


“Diversity is equivalent to competitiveness and profit,” said Johan Raslan


“In Malaysia, the fantastic thing is that we have a really deep talent pool of women” Stuart Milne


“When we talk about getting the right people for a certain job or role, the best way is to look at individuals by their competence, not by gender,” Albern Murty


“We also believe in diversity as we are moving towards an energy industry that needs to be more customer-centric which simply needs a far more progressive and creative work environment,” T Muhammad Taufik.


Monica Contreras, respresentante WIC y 30% Club – María Andrea Trujillo del CESA en Inside LR

FORO M 2021

El Foro M es el espacio a través del cual buscamos promover la participación y el empoderamiento de más mujeres en diferentes escenarios, visibilizar la oferta institucional del Gobierno de Colombia para las mujeres y facilitar el intercambio de experiencias y buenas prácticas nacionales e internacionales.

 

https://www.foromcolombia.com/conferencistas-2021

30% Club Malaysia Unveils Mentee Circle

The 30% Club Malaysia through its Board Mentoring Scheme unveiled a mentee networking group, the Mentee Circle.

 

Interestingly, the idea behind the MenteeCircle came from the graduating mentees themselves, with the goal of building an ecosystem of board ready women.

 

At the virtual launch earlier today its founding chair Tan Sri Zarinah said the Mentee Circle is a useful forum to enable one to connect and network, to share experiences & learn from each other & to initiate programmes that will enhance one’s visibility as aspiring directors.

 

The Mentee Circle aims:

      1. To foster connection & collaboration among mentees within the cohort during & post the 9-month mentoring period;

     

    1.  2. To promote knowledge sharing through relevant events within the mentee community, as well as with selected mentors & corporate leaders;

     

    1. 3. To provide a platform to raise the visibility and enhance the visibility of board-ready candidates. 

     

    1. The Mentee Circle has lined-up a series of planned activities for this year & all 30% Club Malaysia mentees are invited to participate.

     

    Discussion with Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

    A discussion with YB Hannah Yeoh and her team on the challenges of increasing women representation on the boards of public listed companies and the way forward . 

    A virtually discussion with Lembaga Tabung Haji

    On 15 December, members of the 30% Club’s Activate team virtually met with a very passionate team from Lembaga Tabung Haji(TH) lead by Rina Sarif, its Chief Human Capital Officer.


    The meeting is part of the 30% Club’s mission to build an ecosystem of corporations to support our campaign in promoting diversity and inclusion focusing on gender balance on the Malaysian corporate boards and C-Suites.


     This will be the first of many engagements in the weeks to come, with this very dynamic team.

    Dr Miwa Kato shares her view in ‘Half the Sky’ webinar

    On Dec 11, more than 100 women and men leaders had the privilege to hear from truly remarkable women leaders on the role of women in today’s world at the webinar, Half the Sky.


    Dr Miwa Kato – Director of Operations, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Tan Sri Zarinah – Chairperson, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia and Datuk Yvonne Chia – Chairperson, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia left the audience truly inspired with their thoughts and insights gleaned from a wealth of experience and wisdom of how to embrace opportunities. The session was moderated by Datin Seri Sunita Rajakumar, Chairperson, Caring Pharmacy.


    The overwhelmingly positive feedback from the participants in the webinar, who joined from as far as Japan and Africa, was testament to the value that this session brought. The 30% club’s goal was to provide a different perspective and empower the right thinking, which was successfully delivered.


    We would like to thank our partners, Global Impact Network Malaysia, TULIPS MOVEMENT and Nottingham University Business School for the collaborative effort in organizing this session.