Competency-based leading international network

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The network of women with board of directors training
The most successful source of recruitment for female board members since 2011

The valuable potential of women is still being underused on board of directors. The Female Board Pool’s goal is to considerably increase the proportion of competent and dedicated women on the boards of directors of companies to bolster its effectiveness.

Media coverage:
Rita Knott: “Building bridges instead of severing links”
Assessing diversity for progress

reference Paperjam.lu

“The network of talented, board-ready women that Female Board Pool offers to the business community is essential. There is still work to do to increase the share of female senior executives in Luxembourg. I strongly believe that having more women at top level is good for society and is good for business. Boards that combine male and female approaches make better, more sustainable decisions.

ING has partnered with Female Board Pool and Mrs. Knott for years. We gladly recommend the program and the professional approach towards candidates and companies for their quality.”
Colette Dierick,CEO, ING Luxembourg

What is the “Female Board Pool” initiative?

A local initiative, supported by the non-profit MCMC a.s.b.l., connected internationally and founded on the research of the Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of St. Gall, Switzerland
A database of more than 800 profiles of “board-ready” or “board-experienced” women from all sectors: private, public and non-profit associations, asserting skills and experiences in all aspects
An initiative endorsed since 2010 by the Luxembourg Ministry of Equality between women and men and run in meantime in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Our target groups

The companies

Experienced female board members

Future female board members

The companies

benefit from professional support in finding the appropriate female board members who are competent and dedicated. This entails a wide scope of services, representing tailor-made assistance for each company in their search of female board members

Experienced female board members

benefit through the Female Board Pool from continuous development in matters of governance and from a networking platform. Furthermore, their profiles can be submitted to companies in a targeted manner.

Future female board members

Future female board members,

leaders of 1st and 2nd senior management level may in our intensive seminar, learn about the basic legal and entrepreneurial principles of the activities within the board of directors, participate in networking meetings amongst board members and see their applications submitted in a targetted manner to companies.

Our Goals

The Female Board Pool’s mission

to substantially increase the proportion of competent and dedicated women to the boards of directors of companies and organisations, be they private or public and – only in Luxembourg – not for profit.

to increase the gender diversity on boards of directors, proving right the examples that demonstrated improvements in the economic results of companies having made the choice for diversity

The Female Board Pool aims

to highlight the locally available competencies and potentials for all sectors; coorporations, private and public

to create a targetted and sustainable networking

to promote competence by providing visibility

to create contacts beyond the beaten paths for the benefit of companies and organisations

To small and medium size companies, organisations of the public sector and non-profit associations a highly competent and professional support is offered

Companies, organisations and not-for-profit associations are supported in the elaboration of competency profiles for the new female board members (https://www.ipmag.ch/de/diversity/)

Candidate profiles who are compatible with the pre-defined requirements are transmitted to the respective companies and organisations

In Luxembourg, this service is provided free-of-charge to all entities (due to a financial agreement with the Ministry of Equality between women and men since September 2014)

For more information, please contact us

Contact

Our Team

Rita Knott

Managing Director

Stéphanie Spies

Project Coordinator

With the support of our ambassadors, Monique Bachner for the legal training at our seminars and Anne Canel, for the Female Board Pool LinkedIn group for candidates.

Our Partners

The INTERNATIONAL FEMALE BOARD POOL initiative is connected to the International Board Foundation (icfcg.org) and its Swiss Board School/IMP of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and is endorsed and financially supported by the Ministry of Equality between Women and Men (MEGA) in Luxembourg.

Gold Sponsor:

Bronze Sponsors:

1

candidate profiles

1

profiles requested by entities

10

submitted candidate profile

1

countries covered

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Competency-based leading international network

About

The network of women with board of directors training
The most successful source of recruitment for female board members since 2011

What is the “Female Board Pool” initiative?