With many applications from talented women, 91 women were selected to receive scholarships this year. More than half of the scholarship recipients took BDTI’s Governance “Juku”, BDTI’s core director training taught in Japanese, while the rest participated in either Advanced Outside Director Training, BDTI’s Director Boot Camp taught in English, BDTI’s Role Play course, or went through e-Learning (which consists of 4 digital courses in total).
The purpose of Oasis’s support is to proactively address the gender gap among directors in Japan by equipping qualified women with the necessary skills to excel as directors, thus expanding the pipeline of female director candidates so that highly qualified female leaders can play an active role as directors. We here at BDTI are very grateful to Oasis for their sponsorship of these future leaders for the past three consecutive years.
Seth Fisher, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Oasis, stated that “Closing the gender gap on Japan’s board of directors by adding talented women is something we value and believe will enhance the governance and competitiveness of Japanese companies. I hope that many women will take advantage of this opportunity.”
Thanks in part to this scholarship, the percentage of women participating in BDTI’s high quality training courses has increased to about 50% for three consecutive years, and many of them have registered with BDTI’s Director Bank after taking their training. BDTI believes wholeheartedly that improving gender diversity on Japanese boards will improve both governance and global competitiveness of Japanese companies in line with our nonprofit mission.
【About The Board Director Training Institute of Japan】
The Board Director Training Institute (BDTI) is a “public interest” nonprofit in Japan dedicated to training about directorship, corporate governance, and related management techniques. It is certified by the Japanese government to conduct these activities as a regulated nonprofit, and also to provide data and database services related to corporate disclosure. Nicholas Benes, the CEO of BDTI, is the person who proposed the concept of a governance code to the Japanese government in 2013, including its principle that specifically mentions gender diversity.
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The Board Director Training Institute of Japan
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