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 Girl Tina Rosenfeld is a corporate director, advisor, and educator with deep experience in international governance and strategy.  You can follow Evan on social media at: X: @evanepstein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/  Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ 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