Business Number of women on ASX 300 company boards sharply declined in 2023 The number of women holding board seats in ASX 200-300 listed companies has sharply declined over 12 months.
Business Women are found on ASX boards but absent from chair and CEO positions Women make up a greater proportion of ASX300 boards than ever before, but as chairs and CEOs, they’re still substantially under-represented.
Business Men still hold 9 in 10 CEO roles at Australia’s largest companies The CEO role is still largely held by men, even at Australia’s largest, listed organisations that face more scrutiny than on gender diversity than others.
News & Views Australia’s top company boards lead US on women’s representation but change still slow Women now hold more than one third of board seats (35 per cent) at S&P/ASX 200 Index companies in Australia.
News & Views Only one woman was appointed to lead an ASX 300 company in past year The latest CEW Census shows that progress is so slow, you can barely see it at all. Of 23 appointments, one went to a woman
podcasts Podcast: It pays to appoint female CEOs. So where are they? There are just 10 female CEOs on the ASX 200, despite the business case for more female appointments making the opportunity clear.
News & Views Libby Lyons: Why I support the 40:40 Vision initiative Not only is the 40:40 Vision for gender equality at ASX200 companies good for business, it is integral to our economic future.
News & Views HESTA to lead fund managers in campaign for 40% women executives in ASX200 HESTA is leading an initiative to encourage companies in the ASX200 to fill 40 per cent of their executive positions with women by 2030.
Business Just 1 woman among 25 CEOs appointed in past year. We need a reset and in 2020 we’ve been given one Just one of the 25 CEOs appointed to lead ASX 200 organisations in the past year has been female, and it’s not something we can excuse as a 2020 anomaly.
News & Views ASX 200 hits record 31.3% for women on boards. With one final all-male board yet to join the century The ASX 200 has hit a record for the proportion of women on boards, with women now occupying 31.3 per cent of such positions.
News & Views ‘She’ll be right’ won’t fill the gaps in financial progress for women Financy Women’s Index shows Australian women made significant financial progress in the December quarter to finish the decade on a high.
News & Views Maybe there are plenty of women on ‘boards’ (just not where anyone is looking) Maybe there are plenty of women on boards, they are just not visible – which is a nice way of saying that they do not have much status or power, wrties Ingrid Bremers.
