WCD Kenya

08/03/2024

Happy International Women's Day 2024.

Today, the Women Corporate Directors (WCD) celebrates the contributions and achievements made towards gender parity and inclusion. WCD is committed to inspiring inclusion and accelerating progress by investing in women in leadership through empowering and equipping women with skills to effectively serve on boards, increasing women’s representation and inspiring visionary boards worldwide. Please look out for our upcoming events aimed at promoting this agenda.

Together, let's amplify our voices, inspire inclusion, and accelerate progress!

19/07/2022

"Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.” -Sallie Krawcheck. Don't miss an opportunity to network over a game of golf.

08/03/2020

Happy International Women's Day!

"Africa has the highest female representation at board level of any region a 25% - against a global average of 17%" The Power of Parity; Advancing women's equality in Africa by McKinsey Global Institute.

There is still a lot of work to be done.

26/02/2020

The Blue Ocean Strategy workshop will equip the attendees with practical innovative tools for creating new markets and generating growth.
Date: 29th Feb 2020
Time: 9am - 1pm
Location: Sarit Expo Centre
Cost: Kes 3,000 for members, Kes 4,000 for non-members

25/02/2020

We are inviting female directors and executives to join us for a half day workshop on Blue Ocean Strategy.
Date: 29th February 2020
Time: 9am - 1pm
Location: Sarit Expo Centre, Westlands, Nairobi

If you would like more info please contact +254 713 692 574 or [email protected]

29/01/2020

"Having independent directors with these broader C-suite and boardroom experiences can help family members focus on the right themes, and ideally keep family politics out of the boardroom."

They keep things fresh and fair.

24/01/2020

“I look back at IPOs over the last four years and the performance of IPOs, whether it’s been a woman on the board, in the US is significantly better than the performance of IPOs where there hasn’t been a woman on the board,” Solomon said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Goldman Sachs will Host WCD's 2020 Global Institute - June 6th - 11th in New York

Chief executive David Solomon said the performance of IPOs with a woman on the board “is significantly better.”

09/01/2020

"It takes enlightened men and brave women to change the world." Dr. Herta von Stiegel, WCD Kenya Chair

We need to change the narrative and equip women to take their rightful place in a male-dominated world.

06/01/2020

“Just because you have been in existence for 150 years doesn’t mean anything these days. The speed of disruption in this world of data and technology is so fast and women are great in providing leadership on the future of corporates” Herta, WCD Kenya Chair

Corporate leaders in Kenya have decried the 23 percent overall representation of women on boards.

25/12/2019

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!!!