Diversity in the boardroom and CEO succession planning at family-owned companies: Insights from India, the US, and the UK

Heidrick & Struggles’ global CEO & Board Practice recently held a virtual roundtable discussion on global best practices for CEO succession that boards can adopt to meet their strategic and longer-term succession planning goals as the roles of boards members and CEOs are expanding and new approaches to recruitment and selection and evaluation and development are required.

The following excerpts from the webinar feature Vinita Bali, a non-executive director at SATS Ltd. and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation and lead director at Syngene International.

In this first video, Vinita Bali discusses family-owned CEO succession planning and the importance of culture.

In this second video, Vinita Bali discusses diversity in the boardroom.