Business Germany mandates boardroom quota for female executives Germany’s government has agreed to introduce a mandatory quota for women in senior management positions in the country’s listed companies.
News & Views More than a third of ASX200 companies lag on the 30% mark for women on boards 113 ASX 200 companies have reached 30 per cent women on their boards while 87 companies lag. There’s still work to do.
Business ‘Privileged white women have a responsibility’: Dr Kirstin Ferguson’s leadership lessons Dr Kirstin Ferguson is the latest guest on The Leadership Lessons, a Women’s Agenda podcast series supported by Salesforce.
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 AAP boasts female leadership team as Jonty Low is appointed new Chair Jonty Low has been appointed chair of the new Australian Associated Press board, joining recently appointed CEO Emma Cowdroy at the helm of the newswire
News & Views Progress stalls for gender diversity on ASX 200 boards, but women needed for recovery ahead Could COVID-19 have been disastrous for women on boards? It’s possible. But the figure’s remained steady. Now for the recovery.
News & Views What it means to be a board director right now and why women are essential Appointed CEO of an airline at 38 and then transitioning to a full time board career just a few years later, this is how Andrea Staines made it happen
Business ‘Circle of discontent’: New research shows high levels of frustration with board recruitment A lack of transparency and professionalism are some of the major frustrations with current board recruitment processes, according to new research.
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.
News & Views Proportion of women on ASX 200 boards has (FINALLY) hit 30% mark It’s been a very, very long time coming, but the proportion of women on the boards of ASX 200 listed entities has finally hit the 30 per cent mark.
Business Investor bias is real & it’s bad news for women A new study found that businesses that put a woman on the board immediately suffered a two-year decline in their market value due to gender bias.
News & Views The drop in the number of women on our largest boards is a wake up call Thought we were making progress? There has been a slight drop in the number of women on the boards of Australia’s largest organisations.