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You’ve heard the saying, “What got you here, won’t get you there.”
 
When it comes to landing a highly competitive seat on a desired board of directors, that observation is truer than ever before.
 
How are you going to reinvent or rebrand yourself from being the high-quality professional you are known to be in your day job, to the desired candidate with lived experience, skills and value needed on the board you wish to serve?
 
For our April 20 session, we’ve assembled a top-notch panel of experts who have the experience and advice to guide you toward improving your chances of being considered for a board seat, and perhaps more importantly, to help determine where your skills and aspirations would have the best fit.
 
We’ll be talking about knowing your value, creating a board-specific CV, and understanding the process involved with being recruited to boards to help build your board career over time.
 
We all start somewhere. Let’s learn from those who have seen what works and what can work better in order to help you determine the next right step in your boardroom journey.

Panellists

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Deborah Rosati

FCPA, FCA, ICD.D

Corporate Director, Founder & CEO, Women Get On Board Inc.

Deborah Rosati

FCPA, FCA, ICD.D

Corporate Director, Founder & CEO, Women Get On Board Inc.
Deborah Rosati is a valued corporate director, an accomplished business-savvy entrepreneur, and Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant with over 35 years of high-growth and transformational leadership experience in the technology, consumer, retail, cannabis, life sciences, private equity and venture capital industry sectors.

Deborah currently serves on the board of directors of TAAL Distributed Information Technologies and Khiron Life Sciences.

Deborah is also the Founder and CEO of Women Get On Board Inc. (WGOB), a 800+ member-based social purpose company that connects, promotes and empowers women to serve on corporate boards.
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Elaine Roper

ICD.D

Head, Board | CHRO Practices
ODGERS BERNDTSON
Integrated Leadership Advisory
 

Elaine Roper

ICD.D

Head, Board | CHRO Practices
ODGERS BERNDTSON
Integrated Leadership Advisory
 
Elaine Roper is a Partner in the Public Sector Practice and leads the Board and Human Resources Practices for Odgers Berndtson, based in Toronto.

Her expertise lies in corporate and board governance, human capital strategy planning and implementation, and executive talent management and search. Elaine brings over 40 years of international experience as a CHRO, consultant and board director in the financial services, technology, professional services and not-for-profit sectors, in addition to public | private partnership organizations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
 
She has served on numerous high-profile non-profit boards over the last 20 years, including the Canada Games Council, the Niagara 2022 Summer Games Host Society, Royal Ontario Museum, the Heart & Stroke Foundations of Ontario and of Canada respectively, the Textile Museum of Canada and Bishop’s University.
 
Elaine holds a bachelor’s degree in German and business administration from Bishop’s University. She is fluent in both official languages.
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Sheldon Mahabir

Institute of Corporate Directors
 

Sheldon Mahabir

Institute of Corporate Directors
 
Sheldon Mahabir is the ICD’s Director of Member Engagement and manages the ICD Board Opportunities practice.
 
He assists ICD members on their board career development by providing them with advice on improving their director profile and a methodology on the board search process.
 
Sheldon also handles the ICD Directors Register, a national board-matching service that connects ICD members with organizations and search firms seeking diverse, qualified director candidates.
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