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Hear Olympic Gymnast, Shannon Miller, speak about the newly-launched Pearl of Wisdom Campaign

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Since 1998, the Corporate Women Directors International has been providing baseline information from which women's progress on corporate boards can be measured. CWDI has conducted research internationally to identify women corporate board members in Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and the United States, as well as a regional report covering top companies in Latin America, and two Global reports analyzing women's board participation at the 200 largest companies in the world. To find out how many women serve on the Boards of Directors of top companies in 33 countries, visit http://www.globewomen.org
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Prime Minister of Denmark

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ANN SHERRY
Chief Executive Officer
Carnival Australia

Ms. Ann Sherry was appointed CEO of Carnival Australia, a division of Carnival Corporation in July 2007. Carnival Corporation is the world's largest cruise ship operator and has doubled in size over the last three years.

Prior to this, Ms. Sherry was Chief Executive Officer, Westpac New Zealand and was the first female CEO of the Bank of Melbourne in New Zealand,and had responsibility for Westpac operations in New Zealand and seven Pacific countries.

Prior to Westpac, Ms. Sherry was First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women in Canberra. In this role, Ms. Sherry advised the Prime Minister on policies and programs to improve the status of women in Australia and was Australia's representative to the United Nations forums on human rights and women's rights.

Why Europe will surpass the U.S. in changing the face of the corporate board.

"For the American business community, "quota" is a dirty word. When applied to human resources, it implies a set number required without consideration of merit. Well, Europe is not running away from this word, and it is a strategy many of its countries are using to accelerate the pace of achieving a diverse board".

To read more of the article "There is no denying the effectiveness of quotas" by Irene Natividad, published on the Third Quarter 2010 edition of Directors & Boards, click here.

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Ann Sherry President and CEO, Carnival Australia

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