I believe this, not
women on boards per se, is the real issue... There's no doubt in my mind that developing more women leaders will make a real difference to the success of the UK economy, our productivity and the UK's future place in the world,» said Carolyn recently.
Not exact matches
Jennifer and Fernando currently own and manage three birth centers in Oregon, as well as serve
on the
board of their birth center in Haiti, MamaBaby Haiti, where Haitian midwives provide free prenatal and postpartum care to over 5,000
women a year and attend over 500 births
per year.
In fact, the report shows
women GCs have achieved and exceeded gender parity
on board representation, which does not exist among lawyers in general (where
women hold 23
per cent of
board positions) or
board members generally (where
women hold 20
per cent of
board positions.)
Women chaired just seven (three
per cent) of the 360 issuers
on the combined S&P / TSX Composite and S&P / TSX SmallCap indices in 2011 and only 53 of the more than 1,500
board committees across those same public companies.
Utilities and retail sectors had the most
women on their
boards with 57
per cent and 43
per cent of issuers respectively, having two or more female directors.
•
Women hold 20.3 per cent of all board positions of Alberta issuers in the TSX / S & P 60 Index, in line with the average number of women on boards for the entire TSX / S & P 60 Index (20.8 per cent) according to Catalyst's most recent su
Women hold 20.3
per cent of all
board positions of Alberta issuers in the TSX / S & P 60 Index, in line with the average number of
women on boards for the entire TSX / S & P 60 Index (20.8 per cent) according to Catalyst's most recent su
women on boards for the entire TSX / S & P 60 Index (20.8
per cent) according to Catalyst's most recent survey.
• Of all companies surveyed, 29
per cent have one
woman or more
on the
board of directors, while only three
per cent have three or more
women on their
board.
«Aecon has set an objective to have no less than 25
per cent
women on its
board by 2017,» says Martina Doyle, corporate counsel with Aecon.
And in Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak launched the «30 % Club» to help the country achieve its target of tripling the percentage of
women on companies»
boards to 30
per cent this year.