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Equilar Participates in Directors & Boards 40th Anniversary Edition

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REDWOOD CITY, CA (December 19, 2016)—Equilar congratulates Directors & Boards magazine on its 40th anniversary, and is proud to have participated in the anniversary edition by contributing to three editorial features.

David Chun, Founder and CEO of Equilar, authored a byline article entitled “The Cure for Board Amnesia,” which discussed how boardrooms must make better use of technology in their recruitment efforts.

“We’re very proud to have participated in this milestone issue of Directors & Boards and congratulate them on four decades of success,” said Chun.

Regarding his article, Chun added, “the focus of this issue on board recruiting and diversity touches on one of the most important governance issues today. The old way of asking ‘who do you know?’ simply won’t yield enough qualified candidates for board seats. Great directors are out there, and boards have the opportunity to use big data to find them.”

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Chun was also interviewed for the feature “Trends in Board Recruitment,” which focused on diversity more specifically. The piece, written by David Shaw, also included commentary from Judith M. von Seldeneck, Founder and Chairman of Diversified Search. The article outlined how companies seek out diverse perspectives on boards, extending that concept not only to gender and race or ethnicity, but also to age and skillsets. Since baby boomer directors are approaching retirement age as a generation, current boards must be prepared to replace themselves with experienced individuals who are operating in a corporate America with vastly different demographics than what used to be the status quo.

Finally, Equilar Director of Content Amit Batish penned a byline “Three Ways to Start Building Board Diversity.” The “how-to” article acknowledges that adding diverse directors is easier said than done, but every board can put in a recruiting and succession plan that seeks out unique perspectives on an ongoing basis starting with these three steps.

Click here to view the article. A digital version of the article can be found on the magazine’s website.

About Equilar

Equilar is the leading provider of board intelligence solutions. Companies of all sizes rely on Equilar for their most important boardroom decisions, including 70% of the Fortune 500 and institutional investors representing over trillion in assets. Equilar offers data-driven solutions for board recruiting, executive compensation and shareholder engagement that bring together business leaders, institutional investors and advisors to drive exceptional results while ensuring sound corporate governance. The Equilar suite of solutions includes industry-leading board education symposiums, comprehensive custom research services and award-winning thought leadership. Founded in 2000, Equilar is cited regularly by Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other leading media outlets. Learn more at www.equilar.com.

Contact

Amit Batish
Director of Content & Marketing Communications
Equilar, Inc.
abatish@equilar.com
650-241-6697