My school motto, Esse Quam Videri, means “to be, rather than to seem. I have lived by it throughout my career in order to build social capital and be an agile leader – but authentically so, writes Diana Wilde.
When it comes to Environmental, Social and Governance, MENA stock exchanges are becoming key promoters, says Deloitte Middle East’s Franck Van Dellen Ramon.
Aurora50 expanded its remit this year beyond gender balance in the boardroom, to look at wider equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Diana Wilde explains why.
HE Khalfan Belhoul, chief executive of Dubai Future Foundation, argues that artificial intelligence will disrupt the boardroom, both helping directors assess risk and be assessed themselves.
Hashtag #betterplacesforpeople, used by the Emirates Green Building Council’s annual congress Path to Net Zero 2050 (at which Aurora50 spoke), is as appropriate for diversity and inclusion (DEI) as it is for sustainable spaces.
Aurora50’s co-founder, Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, tells Pathway20’s ESG workshop that sustainability leads to a ‘more resilient future’.
The women of Ras Al Khaimah have a new venue to network in the RAK Women’s Empowerment Conference – and are being advised to become skilled networkers.
The Aviram Awards – Tech for Humanity – gave away $650,000 in its inaugural awards, which Aurora50’s Diana Wilde helped judge. She talks about the funding issue for women-led start-ups and how it relates to boards.
Boards look first to human capital but it is social capital that will take you all the way to a board directorship, says Prof Heather McGregor, executive dean of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University, who sits on three boards herself.
This month Aurora50 turned two and what a couple of years it has been since our launch in April 2020.
