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New appointments at Grant Thornton edge board closer to parity
Boosting the representation of women in a business is not always an ambition that requires years of change to achieve. A series of appointments announced by Grant Thornton on Monday mean women have go…
Getting more women on boards can make companies greener: Research
Here’s yet another reason to support getting more women on boards: new research finds that companies with a better mix of men and women around the table experience fewer environmental lawsuits. …
Why I’ve changed my mind and now support female board quotas
I’ve been asked a number of times over the last few months what I think about quotas on boards. For the longest time it was a notion I’ve felt incredibly uncomfortable with – the idea that others may …
Time is now for more women on boards: Nicola Wakefield Evans to chair 30% Club
Nicola Wakefield Evans has been appointed Chair of the 30% Club Australia, and will lead the organisation as it aims to achieve its target of 30% women on boards at ASX 200 companies by the end of the…
The best CEOs for women can’t all be men, here’s why
Can the best CEOs for women be men? One ranking this week suggested just that. Out of a list of the top 50 CEOs for women, compiled by job site Comparably, only four were female: Accenture’s Julie Sw…
Gerry Harvey joins the chorus of men bemoaning the push for more women on boards
Two things in the aftermath of Catherine Brenner’s resignation from AMP were obvious and disappointing. The unabashed sexism was shocking but so too was the silence from corporate Australia in respons…
Quotas are critical: Global Women’s Summit President Irene Natividad
Quotas are the key to getting more women into corporate leadership roles according to the Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad. Speaking at the 2018 Summit, dubbed ‘Davos for women&#…
When no woman of ‘merit’ has been found in 28 years
Is it gumption or ignorance? ARB is Australia’s largest manufacturer and distributor of four-wheel drive accessories and it remains one of only six ASX200 companies without a single female on it…
From the Air Force, to law, to CEO to board director: Meet Dr Kirstin Ferguson
No one else at the all-girls private school she attended in Sydney had ever done it but that didn’t deter Dr Kirstin Ferguson. Nor did a careers counsellor who tried to discourage her. At age 17 she e…
