ACCOUNTANT BOOSTS REPRESENTATION
Redefine builds black female equity into board
The appointment of Bridgitte Mathews and two others boosts the company’s black female representation to 30% at board level
Redefine Properties says it has achieved its five-year plan to have black female representation of 30% at board level much faster than expected. The group’s plan was first introduced in 2015 and has been achieved through the appointment of management consultant Bridgitte Mathews, as an independent nonexecutive director and chairwoman of its remuneration committee. A chartered accountant, Mathews is the founder of Ca Vie Investments, a specialist business process management consulting group. She has been a member of African Women Chartered Accountants since 2007 and the Institute of Directors since 2011. "ESG [environmental, social and corporate governance] is very important to Redefine Properties. We want to transform Redefine from the top down and are starting with our board. It has been dominated by pale males and we have taken steps to create a more diverse board," said Redefine’s CEO Andrew Konig. The board approved a gender diversity policy in 2015 in which the company adopted ...
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