In family companies there was not a single woman as CEO. In non-family businesses this rate stood at 7%.For all surveyed companies, the average ratio of the boards amounts to 12% women and 88% men. Among commissioners the distribution was 23% women and 77% men.
The proportion of women in supervisory positions is relatively almost twice as large as the share in executive positions.
Acceleration
“The world around us is changing rapidly. This is in contrast to many boardrooms where development and time still appear to be slow”, says Jan Rapmund, partner at The Executive Network. “If we really seek diversity, there must be an acceleration in the composition change of these boards”.
Rapmund estimates that it will take at least twenty years at this rate until there is diversity. He emphasizes that not just women, but also young leaders are needed. “This protectsleaders from tunnel vision and also broadens the knowledge, expertise and insights to the benefit of business performance”.
The average age of male and female leaders last year was 57 years. The youngest was 31 and the oldest 78 years.
Own Network
According to Rapmund, new candidates are still mostly taken from the home network. “It is only discussed among peers and the result in eight out of ten cases is a man of about fifty years of age”, he says.“Although finding a suitable candidate is not difficult if you look beyond the ‘limited’ path”.
Source: http://www.nu.nl
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