April
- Exclusive
- Gender equality
Where are the women? Directors pressed to boost female CEOs
Gender diversity around the board table is being held back by the dearth of female chief executives, prompting calls for directors to ensure more women rise to the top.
- Sally Patten
January
Honours recipient Penn calls for debate on Voice and Australia Day
The former Telstra boss and other prominent figures who received Australia Day honours say there should be a meaningful debate about Indigenous opposition to January 26.
- Tom McIlroy and Hannah Wootton
November 2022
Cranbrook governance crisis deepens as Jon North digs in
Yet another member of the elite school’s governing body has resigned in frustration.
- Joe Aston
September 2022
Nearly 90pc of IPO boards are all-male: new data
Newer companies without any female directors include MyDeal.com.au, MAAS Group and BlueBet.
- Hannah Wootton
June 2022
Top female directors warn on skills, inflation and climate
The board members also point to their growing workload as they try to meet the rising expectations of regulators, investors, the community and employees.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
July 2021
Just one in 10 ASX 200 chairmen is a woman
Women accounted for 33.6 per cent of ASX 200 company directors at the end of May, up from 30.9 per cent a year ago.
- Sally Patten
May 2021
Dismay at failure to extend paid parental leave scheme
Female business leaders welcomed much of the “women’s budget” but say paid parental leave should be extended to give both parents equal access.
- Sally Patten
March 2021
Quotas only way to save Liberal Party’s women problem
The Liberal Party has “run out of time” and the only way it can fix its gender problems is by setting quotas for the candidate selection process, says one of Australia’s most senior directors.
- Sally Patten
September 2020
'It's not the shooting season' but boards are on notice
Boards are under increasing pressure from shareholders, employees and the community to take swift action when allegations of misconduct are made against employees.
- Sally Patten
August 2020
- Boss
- Gender equality
More women on boards should mean a greater focus on harassment
The proportion of female directors on ASX 300 boards reached a record high of 29.3 per cent in July, up from 24.9 per cent in May 2018.
- Sally Patten
May 2020
Australian boards are male and pale
Despite a hefty increase in the number of female board members over the past five years, the directors of Australia's biggest 300 companies remain largely male and pale.
- Sally Patten
February 2020
Companies with only one female director to be targeted
A study by the Australian Institute of Company Directors found that women accounted for 30.7 per cent of board seats on the ASX 200 on January 31.
- Sally Patten
October 2019
Newly listed companies fail in gender stakes
Fewer than 5 per cent of companies that listed on the stock exchange last year had a female chairman, while only 17 per cent of directors on those newly floated businesses were women.
- Sally Patten
May 2019
How to get a board seat. Forget non profits
Operational experience is the key to landing an ASX 200 board seat, a study has found.
- Sally Patten
