Lord Mervyn Davies’ will be addressing the 30% Club Lunch on trends that are definingthe boardroom of the 21st century including the rapid pace of digital advancement and the rise of female consumer power. 

Lord Davies is currently Vice Chairman of Corsair Capital and prior to that was Chairman and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank having served on the board for over 12 years. Lord Davies chaired the Davies Inquiry into Women on Boards at the invitation of the UK Government.

The Women’s Foundation would like to express their sincere gratitude to Lord Davies and Standard Chartered Bank for their ongoing and generous support for our women on boards initiatives. Going forward, our other key initiatives this year include:

• partnering with Linklaters on research into best practice nomination committee processes
• meeting with institutional investors to discuss their approach to gender diversity within the
• management ranks of their portfolio companies
• expanding our profiling of women directors
• continuing our work with executive search firms to promote more diverse board slates.