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senior management team. 25% of respondents
have between 25-50% of females in their
management team. 60% of respondents had a
minority and in most cases no women on their
senior management team
• From 1700 industry manufacturers and service
companies exhibiting at NAB less than 2%
have a female CEO!
• All respondents (apart from one) wanted to
have a pro-active group that supports women
in broadcast and provides networking, talks
and mentoring
So, have things changed – yes, a bit but not
enough. I ask myself repeatedly, especially looking
around the halls of IBC, how do we attract more
women into the industry and get the ones in it
to get into more senior positions? It is absolutely
correct to say that we need to start it at a school
and university level but we need to make it attrac-
tive for women to join. As part of our survey we
looked at 250 industry manufacturers websites
and only 25% of them had women using equip-
ment on them and the majority used terminology
such as cameraman. The statistic on the number
of women as CEO is just shocking and will not
encourage women in any way.
In my mind to accelerate this change we need to
work with the industry associations, exhibitions
and manufacturers to raise the issue and get talk-
ing about it. Following on from the survey results
we have formed a new group called Rise which is
currently being put together and will host its first
event in London before the end of the year with
global events to follow.
What next? The Rise group is looking for women
and men to join and be part of the change, I will
be at NAB New York so if you would like to get
involved or meet up please let me know on
[email protected] and we can start mak-
ing a difference.
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