Three women is not a crowd on company boards – The Australian Financial Review

by
Reza Monem

One is a token, two is a presence, three is a voice.

Sounds familiar? This seems to be the effect of placing women on corporate boards. Although corporate leaders may think otherwise, academic research seems to find this effect again and again.

In Australia, women hold 14.2 per cent of board chairs, 23.6 per cent of directorships, and 15.4 per cent of CEO roles.

In recent months, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Business Council of Australia (BC…

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