Tuesday, August 3, 2010

ACCA Pakistan Discussion Forum 'Gender Diversity on Boards in Pakistan'

ACCA Pakistan Discussion Forum 'Gender Diversity on Boards in Pakistan'

ACCA Pakistan is organising a discussion forum on 'Gender Diversity on
Boards in Pakistan' on 5, 10, 11 August 2010 in Lahore, Karachi,
Islamabad respectively. ACCA Pakistan has produced a discussion paper
Gender Diversity on Boards in Pakistan, which aims to provide a basis
for discussion and further research around a potential business case
for gender diversity on boards of publicly listed companies of
Pakistan. The discussion paper has been conceived and commissioned by
IFC(International Finance Corporation).

The discussion forums will provide opportunity to panellists and
participants from the business and financial world to explore the
current state of gender diversity on the boards and deliberate the
opportunities and challenges of having women on boards.

The discussion forum features Mr Arif Masud Mirza, Head of ACCA
Pakistan, Ms Bushra Naz Malik, CFO, Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group, Mr
Kamran Iqbal Yousafi, Partner, KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. Chartered
Accountants and Mr Giuseppe Bonanno, Head of Finance & Control, Nestle
Pakistan Ltd. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Afra Sajjad, Head
of Education and Policy Development, ACCA Pakistan.