Events for CEOs

Helen Bulwik to Kick Off NACD Northern California's event on: Crisis Leadership for Chairs of Boards and Committees Helen Bulwik, a Partner in our Northern California practice will be one of the main speakers at an National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) event next Thursday, October 22nd in San Francisco. She will be part of an interactive session focusing on crisis management. Through the speakers experiences and Q&A by attendees this session will teach you how to respond effectively when your organization is confronted with a crisis.

Helen Bulwik, partner in Newport’s Northern California practice, will be participating in a Family Business Forum addressing how to foster innovation on Thursday, January 30th in San Francisco. The forum will address how family businesses can create a culture of innovation to improve productivity, profitability and growth. Helen along with other panelists will share lessons learned from large family business such as Estee Lauder and Molson Coors. Additional topics which will be addressed are how founders can facilitate and get in the way of change, when to bring in outside advisors, how to motivate employees, ways to bridge family generations, and how fostering innovation in family businesses differs from non-family businesses.

Helen Bulwik, Northern California Newport Board Group partner was recently quoted in San Francisco Chronicle regarding her retail knowledge and understanding of the consumer. According to Bulwik, consumers are “aware” of the health risks associated with toxic chemicals in over the counter items and are “demanding” that retailer giants examine and inform their customers. The article stresses that consumers are understanding market place changes faster than policy makers. Helen continues to be a valuable source of insight to the media as well as a trusted Newport advisor to CEOs of retail and other companies.

Newport Board Group partner and retail industry expert Helen Bulwik has been quoted several times recently in the San Francisco Chronicle about trends in the retail industry. One article discussed the entry of retail behemoth Amazon.com into the local fresh food delivery service industry. The piece noted that AmazonFresh, which has been delivering groceries, meat and seafood in its hometown, Seattle, for the past six years, is coming to the Bay Area as early as October, according to retail trade sources. The Chronicle quotes Bulwik as commenting she would describe the move by Amazon as a “land grab. Amazon has to keep getting into new products, and food is so important. And with all the warehouses they're building, they'll end up with more square footage than any retailer in the country."

Helen Bulwik will be moderating a discussion titled “OMNI-CHANNEL RETAILING: THE CHANGING FACE OF ONLINE RETAIL STRATEGIES” next Thursday, May 23rd at the San Francisco AGC monthly lunch event series. The discussion will focus on how retailers can bridge the gap between the online and offline shopping experience - how to use physical stores in conjunction with the information-rich online shopping experience to influence customer behaviors. Although Omni-channel retailing is relatively new, panelists will share their experiences and explain why gaining a single customer view along with shopping behaviors and preferences will be crucial to retailers’ competiveness in the future.

Helen Bulwik will be an expert panelist at ACG's Women's Networking Event, today, May 1st, in San Fransisco. ACG is the pre-eminent organization dedicated to helping middle market companies grow. The focus of today's event is "Why Women Matter: How Gender Diversity Improves Board ROI." To compete in today’s global marketplace, successful companies need a balance of both men and women to make critical strategic and operations decisions. But the lack of women on boards is dismal. What’s holding them back and how can we push forward?