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Diligent's Modern Leadership Initiative Adds New Partners to Advance Gender Equality in Leadership Positions in EuropeDiligent Corporation, the global leader in SaaS (News - Alert) governance, risk and compliance, today announced the addition of four new partners, all based in Spain - Esade Center for Corporate Governance , FundaciĆ³n Woman Forward, Instituto de Gobernanza Empresarial and WomenCEO - in its growing Modern Leadership initiative, which was created to further increase diverse representation in global businesses at the executive and board levels. These organizations are committed to promoting best corporate governance practices, including increasing diversity and inclusion. According to research conducted by the Diligent Institute, men currently hold approximately three times more board leadership positions than women. The Modern Leadership initiative, which seeks to improve this statistic, helps companies measure and report on diversity as a part of their environmental, social and governance strategy. "Esade's Center for Corporate Governance is deeply passionate about the role women play in business success and growth," said Mario Lara, Director of Esade Madrid and the Center for Corporate Governance. "Progress in achieving equality at the board and senior leadership levels is still nowhere near the rate it should be, which is why global initiatives like Diligent's Modern Leadership are vital in changing the landscape and trajectory for women leaders." The new Spanish organizations joining the Modern Leadership initiative include:
"Closing the gender gap in leadership is a global challenge that we have a greater chance to solve with international coordination," said Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent. "This is why expanding Diligent's Modern Leadership initiative to include these organizations and others like them is imperative. Together, we can use our networks to identify, present and fill leadership positions for diverse candidates in the region and beyond." Diligent is committed to driving diversity by enacting change at the board level. To learn more about Diligent's Modern Leadership initiative, please visit https://diligentmodernleadership.com. About Diligent Corporation Diligent is the largest governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS provider, serving more than one million users from over 25,000 organizations around the globe. Our modern GRC platform ensures boards, executives and other leaders have a holistic, integrated view of audit, risk, information security, ethics and compliance across the organization. Diligent brings technology, insights and confidence to leaders so they can build more effective, equitable and successful organizations. We empower 79% of the Fortune 500, 90% of the FTSE 100 and 83% of the ASX 200 to improve their bottom line, to keep pace with stakeholder expectations and to create a lasting, positive impact on the world. For more information, visit www.diligent.com.
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