Do you want to be part of the change happening in Washington, DC?
Do you want equal pay for equal work? Do you need time off to take care of a sick child or family member but can’t afford it? Do you want to have enough money when you retire?
BPW/USA’s Policy and Action Day 2009 is for you! Join with hundreds of BPW/USA members and working women advocates just like you to lobby and learn in the Nation’s Capitol.
Questions? Please contact BPW/USA at 202-293-1100 or email to policy@bpwusa.org.
The Women’s High Tech Coalition and the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment are teaming to present an exciting event that will highlight high tech contributions that enable and empower the Smart Grid. These contributions range from semiconductors and electronic components, to software, hardware, applications and payment systems all driving optimization of the fields of generation, distribution and use of energy. Audience will learn about smart grid technology innovations, policy drivers and obstacles, and deployment benefits and challenges.
Contributed by Simi Sanni Nwogugu of HOD Consulting
I started off as a coach for high-performing off-ramping women – women who step off the fast track to care for young babies – because I believed that was what I needed when I left my fast track job to care for my two boys born 16 months apart. I’d read the research about how these women lose their confidence and how the few that successfully returned to the workforce returned to lower pay and slower (mommy) tracks, and I wanted to do something about it.
After a few months of coaching only women out of the workforce (paid for by the employer they left who wanted them to come back), a potential corporate client asked if I would coach women who were still working. Specifically, they wanted me to coach three high-potential women who were pregnant. The Chief Diversity Officer said to me, “We find that these women who have achieved a lot in a short time, rising rapidly through the ranks, are the ones most likely not to return after maternity leave or they return and then quit after a few months.” It didn’t make sense to her that these were the women who left because they were the ones usually on executive track and therefore had more to lose! I accepted the assignment and learned so much from it that approximately 80% of the women I now coach are in the workforce, are not planning to “off-ramp” anytime soon, and are successfully dealing with what I call the tension of the high-achieving new mom.
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Public outcry resulting from the ongoing financial market turbulence and corresponding loss of investor confidence has given the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a clear mandate to bring to justice the individuals and firms that contributed to the current crisis. Taking advantage of new leadership and resources to try to restore domestic and international trust in our national markets, these agencies are responding to this call to action by reinvigorating their approaches to investigation and enforcement.Please join Suzanne McDermott, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel of Halcyon Asset Management LLC, and Bruce Bettigole and Sean Casey, both formerly with the DOJ and the SEC and now partners in Mayer Brown’s Securities Enforcement & Investigations group, for a discussion of recent developments in securities enforcement, including:
An introduction to the administration’s new regulators and prosecutors who will be aggressively leading the charge to investigate and prosecute securities law violations.
The key enforcement areas where the government will be focused, including the causes of the sub-prime crisis, Ponzi schemes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and institutional insider trading.
What the reinvigorated enforcement approach could mean to the hedge fund industry.
The parallel investigation approach that the DOJ and SEC will take as they combine forces to respond to the public demand for a rigorous enforcement regime.
Did SOX have the intended effect? Is it a success? Has similar Canadian regulation been appropriate for our particular markets and culture?
Governance expert, Janis Riven, will provide a review of the changing landscape of governance since the emergence of Sarbanes Oxley and similar legislation and regulation to deal with the ‘Enron Scandals’ almost 10 years ago.
Note that this will be a formal sit-down dinner followed by our speakers.
Energy Hot Topics Series: Tomorrow’s Technology Today – 2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders
CALL FOR PAPERS!
Deadline for submission: 1 February 2009
Please submit via email to Abstracts@WorldOil.com
Gulf Publishing invites you to submit an abstract for review for the upcoming Energy Hot Topics Series – Tomorrow’s Technology Today: 2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders. This conference will discuss leading edge, breakthrough technologies and technology-related business issues in the following areas:
•Recent technology advances that may significantly impact/change the industry
•Key business issues related to technology development (impact of down market, etc.)
•The new horizon in oil and gas technology – what’s next?
•Unconventional resources and outlook for continued investment
Submitted abstracts should be approximately 250 words in length and include all authors, affiliations, pertinent contact information and proposed speaker. Presentations should be non-commercial in nature and appeal to management from operating and service companies, investors, academia, and decision makers in technical fields.
Selected papers may be candidates for publishing in World Oil magazine. Please e-mail Events@GulfPub.com for more information.
Women lawyers continue to struggle for equality at work such as equal pay and equal opportunities to make partner. Every generation makes a few more cracks in the glass ceiling for the one that follows. In fact, this fall, women are expected to surpass the number of male students entering law school. But the generation behind them, have other plans.
Gina Hayes, a patent and trademark attorney, thinks her daughter Amber would make a great lawyer. “The way her mind is, she’s real detailed. She definitely reminds me of me,” says Gina of her 11-year-old daughter.
The eleven-year-old girl only has eyes for horses. She has spent several summers riding and caring for horses at the Fox Chase Farm in Virginia. When she grows up, she wants to be a veterinarian. She is a strong rider and working toward becoming a jockey.
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“A couple of jobs I took along the way weren’t jobs I had my sight set on,” says Aileen Blake, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller for Northern Trust, “but someone I trusted said they would be good opportunities. At the end of the day, those opportunities opened doors for me.”
For the most part, Blake has followed a direct and proven path. She studied accounting and business in college, took the CPA exam, and became a public accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. From there she held several jobs at major consumer packaged goods companies including Quaker Oats and Pepsi, did a stint overseas, and got an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Despite this classic pedigree, Blake tells her junior staff to always keep their considerations broad. “Think about the kinds of experiences you want to get and the kinds of tools you want to add to the tool kit,” she says. She believes that even challenging experiences can support a career trajectory.
“When I went to work in the UK, I was only six years out of college,” she says. “I was thrown into a challenging situation. There were cultural things that I didn’t get.”
In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Abu Dhabi-basedAabar Investmentsis to take a 9.1% stake inDaimler, the German car manufacturer. The deal will see Aabar pay a total of €1.95bn, €20.27 per share, and Daimler will increase it number of shares in issue by 10% to facilitate the investment.
Canadian oil companySuncor Energyis to buy rivalPetro-Canadafor C$19.6bn (£11bn) in an agreed all-share deal, creating North America’s 5th largest oil and gas producer.CIBC and Morgan Stanley advised Suncor, RBC and Deutsche advised Petro-Canada.
UK oil and gas company BG Group has won control of Australian group Pure Energy. 70% of the target’s shareholders have said yes, in a deal that could cost BG A$1.03bn (£497m).
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing to take a significant stake (estimated at 10%) in Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa. Aspen has a market capitalisation of R17bn (£1.23bn).
The Australian government cited national security concerns as it blocked a A$2.6bn ($1.8bn) bid by China’s Minmetals for Oz Minerals. Oz Minerals has a flagship asset located in a military zone in South Australia. Read more
Corporate Citizenship: Leading Change, Finding Opportunity
How can recent gains in corporate citizenship be sustained during this enormously challenging economic time?What are the best corporate citizenship practices during a recession? What opportunities does the economic downturn present? These are no ordinary times. And so the 2009 International Corporate Citizenship Conference will be no ordinary conference. Now, more than ever, we will focus with laser-like precision on how companies can restore trust, rebuild brand equity and re-establish relationships with investors, customers and employees.
Policy and Action Day 2009
NewsDo you want to be part of the change happening in Washington, DC?
Do you want equal pay for equal work? Do you need time off to take care of a sick child or family member but can’t afford it? Do you want to have enough money when you retire?
BPW/USA’s Policy and Action Day 2009 is for you! Join with hundreds of BPW/USA members and working women advocates just like you to lobby and learn in the Nation’s Capitol.
Questions? Please contact BPW/USA at 202-293-1100 or email to policy@bpwusa.org.
Register here
High Tech Contributions and Policies that Enable the Smart Grid
NewsThe Women’s High Tech Coalition and the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment are teaming to present an exciting event that will highlight high tech contributions that enable and empower the Smart Grid. These contributions range from semiconductors and electronic components, to software, hardware, applications and payment systems all driving optimization of the fields of generation, distribution and use of energy. Audience will learn about smart grid technology innovations, policy drivers and obstacles, and deployment benefits and challenges.
Click here to register
The Tension of the High Achieving New Mom
Work-LifeI started off as a coach for high-performing off-ramping women – women who step off the fast track to care for young babies – because I believed that was what I needed when I left my fast track job to care for my two boys born 16 months apart. I’d read the research about how these women lose their confidence and how the few that successfully returned to the workforce returned to lower pay and slower (mommy) tracks, and I wanted to do something about it.
After a few months of coaching only women out of the workforce (paid for by the employer they left who wanted them to come back), a potential corporate client asked if I would coach women who were still working. Specifically, they wanted me to coach three high-potential women who were pregnant. The Chief Diversity Officer said to me, “We find that these women who have achieved a lot in a short time, rising rapidly through the ranks, are the ones most likely not to return after maternity leave or they return and then quit after a few months.” It didn’t make sense to her that these were the women who left because they were the ones usually on executive track and therefore had more to lose! I accepted the assignment and learned so much from it that approximately 80% of the women I now coach are in the workforce, are not planning to “off-ramp” anytime soon, and are successfully dealing with what I call the tension of the high-achieving new mom.
Read more
Corporate Counsel Webseries: Securities Enforcement Trends – SEC and DOJ Respond to the Crisis
NewsPublic outcry resulting from the ongoing financial market turbulence and corresponding loss of investor confidence has given the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a clear mandate to bring to justice the individuals and firms that contributed to the current crisis. Taking advantage of new leadership and resources to try to restore domestic and international trust in our national markets, these agencies are responding to this call to action by reinvigorating their approaches to investigation and enforcement.Please join Suzanne McDermott, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel of Halcyon Asset Management LLC, and Bruce Bettigole and Sean Casey, both formerly with the DOJ and the SEC and now partners in Mayer Brown’s Securities Enforcement & Investigations group, for a discussion of recent developments in securities enforcement, including:
Register here.
Emerging Governance Trends, SOX and Beyond
NewsDid SOX have the intended effect? Is it a success? Has similar Canadian regulation been appropriate for our particular markets and culture?
Governance expert, Janis Riven, will provide a review of the changing landscape of governance since the emergence of Sarbanes Oxley and similar legislation and regulation to deal with the ‘Enron Scandals’ almost 10 years ago.
Note that this will be a formal sit-down dinner followed by our speakers.
Event Registration at https://awfandcma.eventbrite.com
2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders
NewsEnergy Hot Topics Series: Tomorrow’s Technology Today – 2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders
CALL FOR PAPERS!
Deadline for submission: 1 February 2009
Please submit via email to Abstracts@WorldOil.com
Gulf Publishing invites you to submit an abstract for review for the upcoming Energy Hot Topics Series – Tomorrow’s Technology Today: 2009 Oil and Gas Technology Leaders. This conference will discuss leading edge, breakthrough technologies and technology-related business issues in the following areas:
• Recent technology advances that may significantly impact/change the industry
• Key business issues related to technology development (impact of down market, etc.)
• The new horizon in oil and gas technology – what’s next?
• Unconventional resources and outlook for continued investment
Submitted abstracts should be approximately 250 words in length and include all authors, affiliations, pertinent contact information and proposed speaker. Presentations should be non-commercial in nature and appeal to management from operating and service companies, investors, academia, and decision makers in technical fields.
Selected papers may be candidates for publishing in World Oil magazine. Please e-mail Events@GulfPub.com for more information.
For more information or to Register
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Lawyers
Office PoliticsWomen lawyers continue to struggle for equality at work such as equal pay and equal opportunities to make partner. Every generation makes a few more cracks in the glass ceiling for the one that follows. In fact, this fall, women are expected to surpass the number of male students entering law school. But the generation behind them, have other plans.
Gina Hayes, a patent and trademark attorney, thinks her daughter Amber would make a great lawyer. “The way her mind is, she’s real detailed. She definitely reminds me of me,” says Gina of her 11-year-old daughter.
The eleven-year-old girl only has eyes for horses. She has spent several summers riding and caring for horses at the Fox Chase Farm in Virginia. When she grows up, she wants to be a veterinarian. She is a strong rider and working toward becoming a jockey.
Read more
Voice of Experience: Aileen Blake, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller, Northern Trust
Voices of Experience“A couple of jobs I took along the way weren’t jobs I had my sight set on,” says Aileen Blake, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller for Northern Trust, “but someone I trusted said they would be good opportunities. At the end of the day, those opportunities opened doors for me.”
For the most part, Blake has followed a direct and proven path. She studied accounting and business in college, took the CPA exam, and became a public accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. From there she held several jobs at major consumer packaged goods companies including Quaker Oats and Pepsi, did a stint overseas, and got an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Despite this classic pedigree, Blake tells her junior staff to always keep their considerations broad. “Think about the kinds of experiences you want to get and the kinds of tools you want to add to the tool kit,” she says. She believes that even challenging experiences can support a career trajectory.
“When I went to work in the UK, I was only six years out of college,” she says. “I was thrown into a challenging situation. There were cultural things that I didn’t get.”
Read more
In Case You Missed It: News Round-up
NewsIn case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments is to take a 9.1% stake in Daimler, the German car manufacturer. The deal will see Aabar pay a total of €1.95bn, €20.27 per share, and Daimler will increase it number of shares in issue by 10% to facilitate the investment.
Canadian oil company Suncor Energy is to buy rival Petro-Canada for C$19.6bn (£11bn) in an agreed all-share deal, creating North America’s 5th largest oil and gas producer. CIBC and Morgan Stanley advised Suncor, RBC and Deutsche advised Petro-Canada.
UK oil and gas company BG Group has won control of Australian group Pure Energy. 70% of the target’s shareholders have said yes, in a deal that could cost BG A$1.03bn (£497m).
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing to take a significant stake (estimated at 10%) in Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa. Aspen has a market capitalisation of R17bn (£1.23bn).
The Australian government cited national security concerns as it blocked a A$2.6bn ($1.8bn) bid by China’s Minmetals for Oz Minerals. Oz Minerals has a flagship asset located in a military zone in South Australia. Read more
International Corporate Citizenship Conference
NewsCorporate Citizenship: Leading Change, Finding Opportunity
How can recent gains in corporate citizenship be sustained during this enormously challenging economic time?What are the best corporate citizenship practices during a recession? What opportunities does the economic downturn present? These are no ordinary times. And so the 2009 International Corporate Citizenship Conference will be no ordinary conference. Now, more than ever, we will focus with laser-like precision on how companies can restore trust, rebuild brand equity and re-establish relationships with investors, customers and employees.
To register, click here.