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…
David Gonski is “diametrically opposed” to quotas. Carol Schwartz says they’re the “only answer”.
Business leader David Gonski is “diametrically opposed” to the idea of legislating on gender quotas. “Legislation should not be telling private companies who to put on their boards, nor how many of a …
Uber board member makes sexist joke. At a company event to address sexual harassment.
Uber has been embroiled in a series of allegations of sexual harassment and sexism in recent months. It is part of the reason the chief executive, Travis Kalanick, announced on Tuesday he will take a …
Sam Mostyn: Why I am proud to have been a quota appointment on the AFL.
Sam Mostyn is one of Australia’s most prolific and successful female non-executive directors. She sits on boards including Virgin Australia, Citigroup, Transurban Group, Sydney Swans and Cover-M…
A memo to the 14 chairmen of ASX200 companies without a single female director.
There are 66 boards on the ASX 200 with at least 30 per cent women. This is a significant improvement from 53 boards in August 2016 and in June 2015 when there were just 33. These figures come from th…
A fearless girl stares down Wall Street’s Charging Bull
As publicity stunts go, it’s an absolute cracker. Creating cut-through on International Women’s Day is no small feat but a small bronze statue of a small girl staring down Wall Street̵…
How Fortescue Metals became the second ASX company in Australia’s history to have a board dominated by women
A few years ago Fortescue Metals Group was the last ASX50 company to have an all-male board. Less than three years on, it will become only the second ASX-listed company to have a board dominated by wo…
Cabinet is bad. Big business is not much better.
Less than two weeks after the new government unveiled a Cabinet with just one woman, we learn that the representation of women in our biggest organisations remains a low priority. This is clearly demo…
