International and Emerging Markets Blog

Women in the boardroom 2004-2011 (infographic)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: business, India, statistics, China, infographic, data, research, IBR, women in business, women, gender, board, diversity, Russia, female, International Business Report, map

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The percentage of women in senior management roles makes for fascinating reading across different countries. But now you can also compare how countries rank over time using data from Grant Thornton’s International Business Reports since 2004 – just click on the image left to see the full infographic on Many Eyes, or read on for the summary.

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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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