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Women on Board Manifesto 2020-2025

Three Key Promisses

• Women on Board offers to help corporates, SME’s and NGO’s build gender-diverse boards
  Women on Board counts around 300 talented ladies ready for board positions, starting from C-Level experience to skillsets that vary from Financial, Digital, Strategy, Transformation, Science to People and many more. If you are looking for board members or advisory board members, we can connect you to these talents
• Gender diverse boards contribute to better performing companies and organisations
  Many types of research have demonstrated that gender-diverse boards are better performant, respect the equality of talents and are role models of inclusivity. As such, better performant organisations are more competitive and help the economy grow stronger.
  Women on Board supports the current targets to have 33 or 40 % women on boards, but aims higher and believes that boards with a 50 % gender composition will be the future normal
• Gender diverse boards are a leverage to engage for a better future
  Organisations with gender-diverse boards are believed to generate added value on strong long-term vision, sustainability and considering the impact of the climate, next to good relations with social partners and having a clear diversity policy. These qualities are exactly the most top of mind challenges for boards and for society as a whole and cornerstones of the European Green Deal.

2020-2025 Women on Board Manifesto

Who are we

The initiative of Women on Board is a non-profit association created by five women dedicated to promoting female access to directorship roles within Belgian enterprises (public and private). Set up in December 2009, Women on Board has now achieved its primary goals:

• to create a pool of talented women ready to take up board positions,
• to facilitate access to this pool for Belgian enterprises searching for female directors.

The purpose of this website is to network all parties interested in this initiative, with a view to extending its reach. Discover our corporate video!

History

Mission statement

Society wants more talented women to become involved in the business world in the context of good governance practices and Women on Board is willing to contribute to a better functioning and effectiveness of decision-making and governance bodies. As unanimously recognised, good governance supports long-term value creation.

In view of the above factors, we have decided to bring together qualified women with the aim of promoting diversity in boards of directors and executive committees and to give Belgian and foreign corporations free access to a pool of highly qualified female candidates ready to take up board positions.

One of our priorities is to interact with leading business players in the fields of corporate governance and women’s participation.

Women on Board is not a political or lobby organisation, and has therefore decided not to take any position on quotas. We focus instead on our main objectives of giving greater visibility to skilled women and potential board candidates, and promoting this pool of talents in the business world.

Our Governance

The Board of Directors of ‘Women on Board’ is currently composed of eleven members: three of them are founding members, one is the Chairwomen of European Women on Board, four are associate members and three are male directors. All of them bring in their energy and experience, contribute their business insight and sound advice. All have full-time professional jobs.

WoB Corporate Governence Charter

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of ‘Women on Board’ is currently composed of four of its five founding members and three independent directors. While the founding members bring in their energy and experience, the independent directors contribute their business insight and sound advice. All have full-time professional jobs.

Statutes 2024

Admission Committee

The role of the Admissions Committee is to review the profile of candidate members on the basis of objective criteria and to advise the Board of Directors (“the Board”) accordingly. Committee meetings are held on a quarterly basis.

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Excom and Staff Members

Meet the team

There are many people who help realise the events, partnerships, content, communication and growth of Women on Board. Let us introduce them to you:

General Manager

• Trees Paelinck

Excom:

• Nicoline Spruijt
• Anne-Sophie Pycke
• Anne Tillieux

Selection Advisor:

• Chantal Cabuy

Project Coorinator:

• Ilja Bakker