Australian Boards Now Nearly 30% Female, Without Quotas
According to a recent report, Australia is “the first country in the world to achieve 30% gender diversity in top 100 boardrooms without regulatory intervention or quotas.”
According to a recent report, Australia is “the first country in the world to achieve 30% gender diversity in top 100 boardrooms without regulatory intervention or quotas.”
Governance in the corporate world is mainly “top down,” trickling from a board of directors, which is a distinctly different approach from the “bottom-up” governance principles R. Brad Oates learned in the NFL.
ESG, the proposed Accountable Capitalism Act, state-issued board diversity quotas, and continued pressure from institutional investors—these things will continue to shape board discussions and composition in 2019
McAfee’s Grant Bourzikas spoke to us about the questions boards don’t ask when it comes to utilizing blockchain and IoT and why the supply chain is so vulnerable to cyber attacks.
If directors take ownership of governance, they can drive the companies in their charge toward long term sustainable value creation over short term sophistry.
At a time when every aspect of business seems to entail technology directly or indirectly, it’s little wonder that digital disruptions are featuring more heavily than ever among boards’ top concerns.
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