Name Cherie Blair
Profile Human rights lawyer, head of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Guiding Principle: Men and women have complementary skills. They are designed to work together.
The year is 1962. You are just an eight-year-old girl. You live with your working class parents in a small English town. And your father one day walks out. Your mother and grandmother step up to hold your world together but neither have great financial means. From then on, it is a make-do life. The question is, where do you take yourself from there?
(This story appears in the 18 December, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Dear Subroto, Thank you so much for that wonderful interview. Your column is getting better and better every time; thats really a great thing to have. Regards, Vijay
on Dec 25, 2009Dear Subroto, Thank you for an excellent interview in Zen Garden. As regards, the last answer given by Ms. Blair on lack of diversity in the boardrooms, I do think this should not be thrust upon Indian corporate entities. I think there was a proposal to ensure through force of legislation the existence of women as BODs. Any reservation system, including that for women is bound to have its own pitfalls. Best regards, Lubna
on Dec 13, 2009