Peer Networks

The Conference Board Councils bring together professional peers in confidential, dynamic, cross-industry communities to learn from each other's experiences, draw on the group's collective insight and our renowned expertise, and collaboratively explore solutions to members' most pressing business challenges.

Our Governance Center, China Center and Center for Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability gather distinguished executives in facilitated, private and public sessions to discuss pressing and longer-term issues.

Corporate Leadership

1. Contributions Council

   This exclusive forum for organizations giving over 10M in cash annually, allows corporate foundation heads to discuss critical issues in a confidential setting. Members advance corporate philanthropy practices and underscore its importance to society.

2. Council on Corporate Communications Strategy

   Executives engage in strategic discussions on corporate reputation, employee communications, traditional and social media relations, crisis management, community relations and more. Members value the confidential dialogue, expert speakers and benchmarking

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Economies, Markets & Value Creation

1. Council of CFOs

   This Council serves as a forum for senior executives who share common functional responsibilities, including but not limited to, a varied mix of the following: finance, tax, audit, treasury, accounting, and controller, as well as other internal services.

2. China Council – Europe

   The China Council convenes senior executives of European companies who have a strategic interest in China and are concerned with developments affecting China’s economic outlook, its policy and regulatory regime, and its engagement with the global economy.

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High-Performing Organizations

1. Emerging Markets Finance Executives' Council

   The Council provides senior financial executives of member organizations with the opportunity for select peer discussions on broad issues of corporate strategy, risk management and governance as well as pertinent topics in treasury, capital markets, tax.

2. Council for Business Development and Integration Executives

   Allows senior-most executives involved in mergers and acquisitions to share best practices to help their companies’ M&A activities fuel top and bottom line growth. Members value the confidential dialogue, expert speakers and benchmarking opportunities.

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Human Capital

1. Research Council on Employee Benefits

   Executives engage in strategic discussions on current challenges and trends facing employee benefits. Members value the confidential dialogue, expert speakers and benchmarking opportunities afforded by the intimate peer group forum.

2. Executive Council for Talent and Organization Development

   This council is exclusively for executive-level leaders of talent development, organizational development and learning for their member companies or firms. Members of the council are the most senior leaders of these functions within their organization.

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