Tina Rosenfeld: Independent Directors, Board Diversity, and Governance in Chile

(0:00) Intro(1:26) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel(2:13) Start of interview *mention of my participation in the Board Summit in Chile (Nov 2025)(3:40) Tina's origin story(6:19) From Germany to Latin America with Beiersdorf(10:14) Her time with D&S and Walmart Chile (11:38) Her start with board memberships(14:23) The Role of Independent Directors in Family-Owned Businesses(19:44) Navigating Boardroom Challenges(22:54) The Role of Pension Funds in Chile Nominating Independent Directors(29:52) Evolving Diversity on Boards(34:20) Teaching and Mentoring Future Leaders(40:11) Challenges of Startups in Latin America and Chile. Tina is an angel investor focused on backing women founders.(46:13) Importance of Board Evaluations. *Reference to HBR article: How Pioneering Boards Are Using AI(52:42) Books that have greatly influenced her life:Man's Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl (1946)Book from her father for her children(54:22) Her mentors(55:38) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by: "Look forward"(56:14) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves.(57:10) The living person she most admires: Female entrepreneurs. Reference to paper Don't Pitch Like a GirlTina Rosenfeld is a corporate director, advisor, and educator with deep experience in international governance and strategy.  You can follow Evan on social media at:Website: boardroom-governance.comX: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BoardroomGovernance__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License