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

  3. See all Peer Networks in Corporate Leadership

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.

  3. See all Peer Networks in Economies, Markets & Value Creation

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.

  3. See all Peer Networks in High-Performing Organizations

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.

  3. See all Peer Networks in Human Capital

Diversity & Inclusion New Leaders Programs

Diversity & Inclusion New Leaders Boot Camp

Develop and refine your D&I strategies with practical, action oriented learning. Find out more:

New Leaders Academy (Europe)
New Leaders Boot Camp (U.S.)

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