Women representatives on board, but behind global average – Times of India

BENGALURU: According to a new gender diversity report by Credit Suisse, the representation of women on the board in India has increased by 5.9 percentage points in six years, from 11.4 per cent in 2015 to 17.3 per cent in 2021. However, this number is still well below the global average of 24%.
India also saw a marginal improvement in management diversity of 2 percentage points over the past two years, from 8% in 2019 to 10% in 2021.
India ranks third lowest in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in terms of female representation at the senior management level, slightly ahead of it. South Korea (8%) and Japan (7%). Similarly, it also has low female representation in CEO (5%) and CFO (4%) positions.

stock market regulator Self It is required that the top 1,000 listed companies by market capitalization must have a woman board member who is also an independent director. This mandate has helped improve the number of women at the board level.
The report analyzed gender analysis of 33,000 senior executives from more than 3,000 companies in 46 countries, including more than 1,440 companies in Apac’s 12 markets.
Europe and North America Women account for the largest share in management roles, but the division between these sectors and the rest of the world is far less than at the board level. The difference at the management level is only 1 percentage point. Globally, the number of female CEOs has increased by 27%, although they still account for only 5.5% of the total.

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