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Until the recent limit of nine year rule for a director to cease to be independent and the guidance for listed companies to have diversity which may take the form of having female directors in the composition, all males boards have been the indomitable norm.


The slow progress of women in board roles seems counterintuitive when you consider that there is a wealth of research about the benefits of having women board directors.


It may be timely to revisit this topic and have a frank and candid discussion on the reasons why traditional all males boards should consider inviting female directors and refresh the board composition.


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Victor Lai

FCA (Singapore), Member, ISCA Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee, Principal Consultant, CitadelCorp

Victor has over 22 years of professional experience in Corporate Advisory, Share Registry, Auditing, Executive Management and Board Advisory matters - with a focus on Capital Markets in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and USA. He has led and advised on Board and Corporate Governance matters, supporting many listed-entities and large-privately-owned business with their Corporate Actions. Victor also has extensive experience in AML-CFT regulatory compliance, having served as the Industry Sector representative for Global Regulatory reviews.Connect with Victor Lai
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Linda Hoon

Independent Director, Tru-Marine and Kidney Dialysis Foundation Singapore

Linda is an independent director at Lifebrandz Limited (SGX 1D3), Far East Group Limited (SGX5TJ), Tru-Marine Pte Ltd and Kidney Dialysis Foundation, Singapore  with over 30 years of corporate experience in legal, compliance, risk, and governance. She has a Master of Laws from National University of Singapore and a Master of Science in Management of Healthcare Industries from ESSEC Business School. She is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia.As an independent director, Linda assists in the oversight of strategy, remuneration matters, stakeholder engagement, and ESG & sustainability programs for both organizations. She chairs the Remuneration Committee of Lifebrandz and Far East Group, as well as chairs the ESG committee of Tru-Marine. She is passionate about corporate governance and seeks to contribute to exemplary standards of corporate and sustainability governance to companies she serves.

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