TIME FOR DIVERSITY
AT THE TOP?
The above two scenarios are revealing of the change that
with investments across varied sectors and in different
the need for capable women on the boards and the other
relatively large company delivering consistently in
energy and material focused investment approach to
its leadership with a wider perspective and a different
the board made business sense from a performance and
research and statistics support the proposition and
highlight the impact of gender board diversity on the
to implement practices that were seen as essential to
study concluded that companies with women on their
boards tend to outperform companies without women
The gender issue is also a recurring topic in family
one woman on board and four performance related
transition and to depart from the management silos
Corporate governance advocates advance that increasing
women representation on boards of directors is best
practice and is believed to increase board effectiveness
The current owner had witnessed and contributed to the
rise of this empire that is very close to his heart and with
women on a company board sends clear signals
about the company’s commitment towards corporate
is to provide entrepreneurial leadership of the company
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