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China’s businesswomen rank high for CEO and FD roles

Wednesday, June 08, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: China , Thought leadership | Tags: business, statistics, China, report, UK, survey, IBR, women in business, CEO, women, CFO, gender, FD, diversity, female, Hong Kong, boardroom diversity, figures

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Chinese career women are wasting no time in climbing China’s corporate ladder and are far ahead of their UK counterparts: 34% of senior management positions – 19% (CEO) and 69% (FD or CFO) – in medium to large business in mainland China are held by women, which is miles ahead of the UK on gender diversity.

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