Appointments Lisa Annese appointed as next CEO of Chief Executive Women Lisa Annese has been named as the next CEO of Chief Executive Women (CEW), commencing her role in January next year.
Business Gender equality in ASX 300 leadership has come to a standstill: Report The number of female CEOs in the S&P/ASX 300 has decreased from 26 in 2023 to 25 in 2024, according to the Chief Executive Women’s report.
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.
Employers Address the ‘Double-glazed glass ceiling’: Chief Executive Women’s plea to corporate Australia Corporate Australia has an opportunity to leverage one of the country’s “greatest untapped resources”: culturally and racially diverse women.
Appointments Patricia Sparrow appointed new Chief Executive of COTA Australia With an extensive human services career, Patricia Sparrow will become Chief Executive of COTA Australia, the peak body for older Australians.
News & Views ‘Wake-up call’: Gender balanced leadership at Australia’s top companies 100 years away Women’s representation in executive roles in Australia’s top public companies is going nowhere, fast, according to a new report.
News & Views Reforms to boost women’s workforce participation would solve our skills shortage problem Halving the workforce participation gap between men and women would unlock half a million full-time skilled workers, new analysis has found.
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
Business Flexibility’s here forever (for some) but future depends on men and women accessing it equally The new CEW survey finds that equality in flexibility is key to economic prosperity in the future. Will it happen?
Leadership Dismissing prejudice as “irrational” has been key to CEO Shemara Wikramanayake’s resilience & leadership At Thursday’s Chief Executive Women event, Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake spoke about how she no longer sees herself as a “female CEO with brown skin”.
News & Views Sam Mostyn appointed president of lobby group, Chief Executive Women Corporate leader Sam Mostyn has been announced as the next president of powerful lobby group, Chief Executive Women.
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.
