Ewha School of Business signed an agreement with the Korean Corporate Governance Forum to foster female corporate govern
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On Thursday, July 2, 2020, a business agreement between Ewha School of Business and the Korean Corporate Governance Forum (hereafter the ‘Forum’) was signed to foster female experts in corporate governance.
Through this agreement, it was agreed to promote mutual cooperation for the joint development of both organizations and to foster professional manpower who will play a pivotal role in the development of corporate governance and participation in the board of directors of female business executives and experts in each field. The highlights include ▲exchange of knowledge and technical information related to corporate governance ▲cooperation to nurture corporate governance experts ▲jointly holding corporate governance special events.
Ewha School of Business and the Forum are preparing for the first female non-executive director course (15-week program) in Korea. This course will be conducted at Ewha School of Business, and the online system is being prepared as well in case Covid-19 situation continues. The course is scheduled to start at the end of August 2020, and application process starts on July 15th. Participating faculty members include Dean Hyo-geun Kim, Professor Hong-min Ji, Professor Jeong-gu Yoon, Professor Jong-soo Han, Professor Kyoung-Sik Shin, Corporate Governance Specialist John Lee (CEO of Meritz Asset Management), Professor Nam-Woo Lee (Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies), Jun-Beom Chun, Esq. (Law Firm Seume), etc..
Chairman Young-jae Ryu of the Korea Corporate Governance Forum said, “With the participation of female executives, the board’s independence, increased perspectives, effective monitoring and advice, reduced accounting corruption, as well as improved corporate performance are expected.” He added that “this agreement will contribute to improving corporate governance by increasing the pool of female director candidates.”
Hyo-geun Kim, the dean of Ewha School of Business said, “In response to the purpose of implementing “Female board of directors scheme” (the amendment that prevents the board of directors of corporates with more than 2 trillion won from being the same gender) in effect from the beginning of August, we hope that female director candidates will be able to contribute to the realization of the vision for gender equality pursued by Ewha Womans University in the field of corporate management through systematic training programs to create various positive effects by participating in the board of directors, securing a talent pool, and forming a close network.”
For more information, please visit the website of Ewha School of Business. (HOMEPAGE: http://mba.ewha.ac.kr, PHONE: 02-3277-4968)