Norwegian entrepreneur and London Business School MBA Elin Hurvenes set up the company Professional Boards Forum in 2003 in response to the Norwegian Government’s introduction of a controversial quota law to bring 40% women onto company boards.

A non-executive board position is about skills and experiences but it is also a vote of confidence. It’s about status, power and networks. Recognising this Elin  hosted a series of innovative events for qualified women executives aligning them directly with company chairmen and investors and immediately resulting in new board appointments.

She gathered support from Ministries and Norway’s most important corporations and is uniquely positioned in this largest transferral of power since women won the right to vote in 1913. Read more