Gender Equality in the C-Suite & Boardroom 2016

Navigating Institutional Investor Demand & Business Capability

May 10, 2016
Nasdaq
Stockholm, Sweden

Engage

with institutional shareholders, diversity and search firm executives, practice experts, researchers and academics

Discover

the latest developments on the road to 50/50 and best practices on gender parity efforts

Apply

tools and tactics designed to improve diversity of thought on boards and in the c-suite – towards improved value creation

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

PROGRAM AGENDA

Time	Description
8:30-8:45 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45	Welcome Remarks Christopher P. Skroupa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skytop Strategies
8:45-9:05	Opening Remarks Lauri Rosendahl, President, Nasdaq Nordic & Nasdaq Stockholm
9:05-9:35	Opening Keynote Gender Diversity Through the Lens of Public Service & Industry Presenter: Sorana Baciu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy, Government of Romania & Vice President Executive Forum, PWN Global
9:35-10:35	Gender Diversity & Company Performance: Highlights of Recent Research in the Financial Industry & Its Implication for Broader Application
9:35-9:55	Topic Introduction Gender Diversity & Company Performance: Highlights of Recent Research in the Financial Industry & Its Implication for Broader Application Presenter: Mimmi Kheddache Jendeby, Vice President, Senior Research Strategist, State Street Center for Applied Research
9:55-10:35	Panel Discussion Session Gender Diversity & Company Performance: Highlights of Recent Research in the Financial Industry & Its Implication for Broader Application Moderator: Mimmi Kheddache Jendeby, Vice President, Senior Research Strategist, State Street Center for Applied Research Panelists: Anette Andersson, ESG Investment Specialist, SEB Evan Harvey, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Nasdaq Eirik Winter, Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking & Chairman, Nordic Region, Citi
10:35-10:50	Networking Break
10:50-11:20	Reflections from the C-Suite: How Gender Diversity Forces Leaders to Rethink Everything Presenter: Sarah McPhee, Chair, Center for Business & Policy Studies (SNS) Partner, Ahlen & Partners
11:20-11:30	How to Accelerate the Change Process: Some Tips to Help Stakeholders Go to the Next Level Presenter: Pernilla Alexandersson, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Add Gender
11:30-11:45	When Capital Creates Social Impact & Financial Returns Presenter: Michael Baldinger, Chief Executive Officer, RobecoSAM
11:45-12:00 PM	Gender & Long Term Investing Presenter: Mats Andersson, Chief Executive Officer, AP4
12:00-1:15	Networking Luncheon & Presentation
12:00	*Networking Luncheon*
12:45	Luncheon Presentation RobecoSAM Global Gender Equality Impact Equities Strategy: Your Gender Inclusive Portfolio Facilitator: Evan Harvey, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Nasdaq Discussants: Junwei Hafner-Cai, Senior Analyst & Co-Portfolio Manager, RobecoSAM Rachel Whittaker, Senior SI Analyst, RobecoSAM
1:15-1:45	Observations on Gender Equality in the C Suite & Boardroom from an American Elected Official Presenter: The Honorable Janet Cowell, North Carolina State Treasurer, North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer
1:45-2:25	Why Institutional Investors Should Care About Gender Diversity: Trends on Scoring Company Diversity Practices & Performance Moderator: Melissa Waller, Chief of Staff, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer Panelists: Jason Britton, Chief Investment Officer, Sciens-GOOD Asset Management Richard Grottheim, Chief Executive Officer, AP7 Anna Ryott, Chief Executive Officer, Swedfund
2:25-2:45	Networking Break
2:45-3:35	Success Stories & Challenges in How Gender-Smart Companies Hedge Against Unconscious Biases Moderator: Isabella Lenarduzzi,Owner & Managing Director, JUMP Panelists: Sofia Falk, Founder & Creative Director, We are the StoryDoers Amanda Lundeteg, Chief Executive Officer, AllBright Tinna C. Nielsen, Anthropologist & Founder, Move the Elephant for Inclusiveness
3:35-3:55	Research Summary: What Institutional Investors & Regulators are Considering in Refreshing the Composition of Boards Presenter: Howard Sherman, Head of Corporate Governance Business Development, MSCI
3:55-4:05	Refreshment Break
4:05-4:55	The Gender Inclusive Company: How to Best Recruit & Develop Women Leaders Moderator: Maria Oldin, Managing Director, EDGE Strategy Panelists: Håkan Nyberg, Chief Executive Officer, Nordnet Bank AB Anka Wittenberg, Head of People Sustainability and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP Vahid Zohali, Global Head of Banking, Tieto
4:55-5:35	Institutional Investor Engagement: How Institutional Shareholders are Pressing Companies to Take Meaningful Action in Appointing Qualified Women Leaders Moderator: Anders Thorendal, Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer, Church of Sweden Panelists: Ulrika Danielson, Head of Communications & HR, AP2 Meryl Murtagh, Corporate Governance Attorney, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer Howard Sherman, Head of Corporate Governance Business Development, MSCI
5:35-6:35	Networking Reception

SESSION LEADERS

Pernilla Alexandersson
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Add Gender
Stockholm, Sweden
Anette Andersson
ESG Investment Specialist
SEB
Stockholm, Sweden
Mats Andersson
Chief Executive Officer
AP4
Stockholm, Sweden
Sorana Baciu
Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy
Government of Romania
Vice President Executive Forum
PWN Global
Bucharest, Romania
Michael Baldinger
Chief Executive Officer
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
The Honorable Janet Cowell
North Carolina State Treasurer
North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer
Raleigh, NC
Ulrika Danielson
Head, Communications & HR
‎AP2
Stockholm, Sweden
Sofia Falk
Founder & Creative Director
We are the StoryDoers
Stockholm, Sweden
Richard Grottheim
Chief Executive Officer
‎AP7
Stockholm, Sweden
Junwei Hafner-Cai
Senior Analyst & Co-Portfolio Manager
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Evan Harvey
Director, Corporate Responsibility
Nasdaq
Washington, D.C.
Mimmi Kheddache Jendeby
Vice President & Senior Research Strategist
State Street Center for Applied Research
Gothenburg, Sweden
Isabella Lenarduzzi
Owner & Managing Director
JUMP
Brussels, Belgium
Amanda Lundeteg
‎Chief Executive Officer
AllBright Foundation
Stockholm, Sverige

Sarah McPhee
Chair
Center for Business & Policy Studies (SNS)
Partner
Ahlen & Partners
Stockholm, Sweden
Meryl Murtagh
Corporate Governance Attorney
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
Raleigh, North Carolina
Tinna C. Nielsen
Anthropologist & Founder
Move the Elephant for Inclusiveness
Aarhus, Denmark
Håkan Nyberg
Chief Executive Officer
Nordnet Bank AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Maria Oldin
Managing Director
EDGE Strategy
Zürich, Switzerland
Lauri Rosendahl
President
Nasdaq Nordic & Nasdaq Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
Anna Ryott
CEO
Swedfund
Stockholm, Sweden
Howard Sherman
Head of Corporate Governance Business Development
MSCI
Portland, ME
Anders Thorendal
Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer
Church of Sweden
Uppsala, Sweden
Melissa Waller
Chief of Staff
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
Raleigh, NC
Rachel Whittaker
Senior SI Analyst
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Eirik Winter
Managing Director
Head of Investment Banking & Chairman, Nordic Region
Citi
Stockholm, Sweden
Anka Wittenberg
Head of People Sustainability
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
SAP
Hannover, Germany
Vahid Zohali
Global Head of Banking
Tieto
Stockholm, Sweden

DELEGATES

Jonas Ahlen
Managing Partner
Ahlen & Partners
Stockholm, Sweden
Katarina Ahlstedt
Senior Portfolio Manager
AP4
Stockholm, Sweden
Pernilla Alexandersson
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Add Gender
Stockholm, Sweden
Tina Almqvist
Head of Employer Branding & Diversity, Sweden
Tieto
Stockholm, Sweden
Anette Andersson
ESG Investment Specialist
SEB
Stockholm, Sweden
Maria Andersson
Head of Human Resources
Cordial AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Mats Andersson
Chief Executive Officer
AP4
Stockholm, Sweden
Jessica Areborn
Sales Manager
Add Gender AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Julia Axelsson
Risk Manager
Länsförsäkringar AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Sorana Baciu
Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy
Government of Romania
Vice President Executive Forum
PWN Global
Bucharest, Romania
Michael Baldinger
Chief Executive Officer
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Lisa Baumgartel
Communications Associate
Ethical Markets and AtKisson Group
Stockholm, Sweden
Cecilia Bergendahl
Managing Director
Svenska PostkodLotteriet
Stockholm, Sweden
Elisabet Jamal Bergström
Head of Corporate Sustainability
Handelsbanken
Stockholm, Sweden
Carina Björkefors
MD EnterCard Sweden and Chief Development Officer
EnterCard Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Lena Bjurner
SVP HR
Scandic Hotels
Stockholm, Sweden
Annika Borg
Group HR, Talent Management, Diversity
SEB
Stockholm, Sweden
Malin Boström
Project Manager
Media Planet
Stockholm, Sweden
Jason Britton
Chief Investment Officer
Sciens-GOOD Asset Management
New York, NY
Hanine Carlberg
Manager, Labour Affairs Development
Scania
Södertälje, Sweden
Jenny Claesson
Marketing Director
Add Gender AB
Stockholm, Sweden
The Honorable Janet Cowell
North Carolina State Treasurer
North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer
Raleigh, NC
Ulrika Danielson
Head, Communications & HR
‎AP2
Stockholm, Sweden
Veronique De Baets
Gender Expert
Institute for Equality for Women and Men
Brussels, Belgium
Charles H. Dufresne, Jr
Managing Director
Sciens Capital Management
New York, NY
Claes Eliasson
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Nasdaq
Stockholm, Sweden
Eva Eliasson
Business Unit Director
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Stockholm, Sweden
Cristina Espelund
Founder
Advantage Sustainability
Stockholm, Sweden
Sofia Falk
Founder & Creative Director
We are the StoryDoers
Stockholm, Sweden
Ulrika Fjällborg
Journalist
Fjällborg Media AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Jenny Garneij
Chief Human Capital Officer, HR
Nordnet Bank AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Richard Grottheim
Chief Executive Officer
‎AP7
Stockholm, Sweden
Christine Gugolz Kiefer
Head of Client Strategy, Marketing & Client Services
RobecoSAM
Zurich, Sweden
Junwei Hafner-Cai
Senior Analyst & Co-Portfolio Manager
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Evan Harvey
Director, Corporate Responsibility
Nasdaq
Washington, D.C.
Alyssa Heath
Senior Manager, Policy
Principles for Responsible Investment
London, England
Christina Hilmersson
Chief Financial Officer
Creades
Stockholm, Sweden
Eric Hoh
Head of Alternative Investments
SEB Merchant Banking
Stockholm, Sweden
Clas-Henrik Ivarsson
Consultant to RobecoSAM
SI Scandinavia
Stockholm, Sweden
Kim Jakobsson
Managing Director
Ungdomar AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Mimmi Kheddache Jendeby
Vice President & Senior Research Strategist
State Street Center for Applied Research
Gothenburg, Sweden
Anna Jonsson, CFA
Institutional Sales
The Ohman Group
Stockholm, Sweden
Malcolm Kemp
HR Director
Klarna
Stockholm, Sweden
Annie Kempton
Corporate Communications Manager
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Monica Lagercrantz
Partner
Lagercrantz Associates
Stockholm, Sweden
Jenny Lantz
Researcher
Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Arts, Business, and Culture
Stockholm, Sweden
Isabella Lenarduzzi
Owner & Managing Director
JUMP
Brussels, Belgium
Minna Levin
Co-Founder & Diversity Strategist
We Link Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Sandra Lindqvist
Management Consultant
ÅF
Stockholm, Sweden
Amanda Lundeteg
‎Chief Executive Officer
AllBright Foundation
Stockholm, Sverige

Arwind Malhotra
Co-Founder/Partner
We are the StoryDoers
Stockholm, Sweden
Annika Manninen
Associate
MSCI
London, England
Olaf Martin
Senior Portfolio Manager
RobecoSAM
Zurich, Switzerland
Sarah McPhee
Chair
Center for Business & Policy Studies (SNS)
Partner
Ahlen & Partners
Stockholm, Sweden
Jorgen Mork
Vice President
MSCI
London, England
Helena Mueller
Senior Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Investment Advisory Services
KPMG
Stockholm, Sweden
Meryl Murtagh
Corporate Governance Attorney
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
Raleigh, North Carolina
Kristina Najjar
Head of Business Development, Nordic Region
Aberdeen Asset Management
Stockholm, Sweden
Christiane Neumayer
Chair of New York City Campaign Committee
2020 Women on Boards
New York, NY
Tinna C. Nielsen
Anthropologist & Founder
Move the Elephant for Inclusiveness
Aarhus, Denmark
Ann-Christin Nyberg
Board Member
WiTEC Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Håkan Nyberg
Chief Executive Officer
Nordnet Bank AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Maria Oldin
Managing Director
EDGE Strategy
Zürich, Switzerland
Martijn Oosterwoud
Head of Client Portfolio Management
RobecoSAM
Zurich, Switzerland
Henrietta Palmcrantz
Research Associate
Lagercrantz Associates
Stockholm, Sweden
Karin Palmquist
HR Director
NetEnt
Stockholm, Sweden
Mikaela Persson
Executive Assistant
Nordnet Bank AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Linda Portnoff
Researcher
Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Arts, Business, and Culture
Location Stockholm, Sweden
John Rigas
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Sciens Capital Management
New York, NY
Carla Rijmenams
Advisor
Institute for Equality for Women and Men
Brussels, Belgium
Lauri Rosendahl
President
Nasdaq Nordic & Nasdaq Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
Anna Ryott
CEO
Swedfund
Stockholm, Sweden
Dominik Scheck
Senior Client Portfolio Manager
RobecoSAM
Zurich, Switzerland
Howard Sherman
Head of Corporate Governance Business Development
MSCI
Portland, ME
Caroline Sjösten
Senior Portfolio Manager, Manager Selection & ESG Coordinator
Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Co
Stockholm, Sweden
Åsa Skogsfors
Head of Corporate Finance & Markets
AB Electrolux
Stockholm, Sweden
Barbara Smet
Former Company Business Leader
BD
Antwerp, Belgium
Tina Soderlund-Boley
Head of Northern European Institutional and Intermediary Clients
GAM
London, England
Cécile Steiner
Senior Marketing Communications Manager
RobecoSAM
Zurich, Switzerland
Malin Strömquist
Manager
Cordial AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Anneli Sundström
Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Nordic Countries
Citi
Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Thorendal
Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer
Church of Sweden
Uppsala, Sweden
Ingrid Thuresson
Chairman of the Board
WiTEC SWEDEN
Båstad, Sweden
Patrik Tigerschiöld
President
Bure
Stockholm, Sweden
Camilla Wagner
Chief Executive Officer
Klara K
Stockholm, Sweden
Martina Wallenberg
Group and Parent Liquidity Controller
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) – Group Staff
Stockholm, Sweden
Melissa Waller
Chief of Staff
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
Raleigh, NC
Richard Waller
Managing Director
Media Planet
Stockholm, Sweden
Reinhilde Weidacher
Executive Director, Head of Sustainable & Responsible Investment Research
ISS Ethix
Stockholm, Sweden
Camilla Wemnér
Human Resources
Nordnet Bank AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Johan Wendel
Reporter
Dagens Industri
Stockholm, Sweden
Thomas Westerlund
Human Resources Manager
Scania
Stockholm, Sweden
Rachel Whittaker
Senior SI Analyst
RobecoSAM
Zürich, Switzerland
Eirik Winter
Managing Director
Head of Investment Banking & Chairman, Nordic Region
Citi
Stockholm, Sweden
Anka Wittenberg
Head of People Sustainability
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
SAP
Hannover, Germany
Vahid Zohali
Global Head of Banking
Tieto
Stockholm, Sweden