board diversity

Don’t let (slight) improvements in the number of women on corporate boards in Australia lure you into believing these boards are achieving the diversity needed for improved decision-making.

Marina Go has been appointed as the new Chair of the 30%+ Club Australia, replacing outgoing Chair Nicola Wakefield Evans.

Nearly three-quarters of ASX300 boards are now made up by more than 30 per cent women but broader measures of diversity are stalling.

The number of female directors has doubled in less than a decade, as seen in data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. 

Australia’s top 300 companies may soon face expanded diversity requirements. Who is for and against these changes?

The latest snapshot of Australia’s boardroom diversity has found some small improvements but shows a broad stall in cultural representation.

Women are getting more board positions. But just a fraction of ASX 300 companies are Chaired by women. And progress will be slow.

Large publicly listed companies in the EU will need to increase the presence of women on their boards by July 2026.

Women now hold more than one third of board seats (35 per cent) at S&P/ASX 200 Index companies in Australia. 

A new report has found a 60 percent rise of women in boardrooms but marginal changes when it comes to cultural diversity hires.

Currently the stock exchange’s 3000+ boards are very white. And very male. It’s time to chage that says CEO Adena Friedman.