This was her second boards meet but she has already succeed in making others fear for her judgement. Some of the Vanessa's subordinates have already shifted the sides discreetly, they are now in support of Jean.
However she is very well aware of the reason for the sudden change. They are scared to death that Jean would reveal their scams and scandals which would lead to their banishment from the company.
After Mr. Brown is thrown out of the company his shares were bought by a anonymous buyer. This buyer is mysterious but filthy rich, just in a overnight ten percent of shares are transferred from Mr. Brown to this mysterious buyer.
It is crystal clear that Jean was the one who did this. When she and her other six friends started their own companies they have also started a company together, which is solely used to buy the shares of their rival companies.