http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/the-edge/business/woman-ladder-23434234/ Richard Northedge takes on corporate finance Tue, 22 May 2012 04:27:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/the-edge/business/woman-ladder-23434234/#comment-19383 sandra Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:38:38 +0000 http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/the-edge/?p=562#comment-19383 Lord Davies' review is good news. Anything that raises the issue of the under-representation of women on boards and makes the 'business case' for increasing the number of women in boardrooms can only be a good thing. I do wonder though what this review will uncover that hasn't already been learnt by e.g. Cranfield School of Management's yearly audit of women on FTSE100 boards? Maybe it's time for action instead? Setting quotas for minimum % of women on boards or even something radical like changing school hours so that they are more compatible with full time work? At the Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountants, where I work as R&D manger, we are looking at the issue of under-represenation of women in senior roles in the traditionally male dominated industry of finance and accounting. We think there's a lot that can be learnt from women who have made it (both from a practical and inspirational point of view) and more making the business case to employers for having women in senior roles. Finnish research found that organisations with female CEOs were on average 10% more profitable than ones with male CEOs. Now if that doesn't make businesses listen, I don't know what will. Lord Davies’ review is good news. Anything that raises the issue of the under-representation of women on boards and makes the ‘business case’ for increasing the number of women in boardrooms can only be a good thing. I do wonder though what this review will uncover that hasn’t already been learnt by e.g. Cranfield School of Management’s yearly audit of women on FTSE100 boards? Maybe it’s time for action instead? Setting quotas for minimum % of women on boards or even something radical like changing school hours so that they are more compatible with full time work? At the Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountants, where I work as R&D manger, we are looking at the issue of under-represenation of women in senior roles in the traditionally male dominated industry of finance and accounting. We think there’s a lot that can be learnt from women who have made it (both from a practical and inspirational point of view) and more making the business case to employers for having women in senior roles. Finnish research found that organisations with female CEOs were on average 10% more profitable than ones with male CEOs. Now if that doesn’t make businesses listen, I don’t know what will.

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