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Panel expects more women in board roles

Digitalisation will change the ways companies organise themselves, creating new roles that demand multi- disciplinary skills; women are keener learners, says panel

Published Tue, May 8, 2018 · 09:50 PM

IBM

Singapore

WOMEN will occupy more board roles as digitalisation disrupts the way companies organise themselves, said panelists at a forum held in the Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre on Tuesday.

In the discussion titled "Women Leadership in the Digital Economy", they offered their views on the role of women in the future workforce.

Simon Israel, chairman of Singtel, said: "I could imagine that tomorrow, sitting around the ta…