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Asset managers play their part in bringing women onto boards and executive committees
By voting against male directors or against nomination committee chairs, shareholders make up for the absence of regulatory obligation.
SBF 120: 43.6% women in governance, three at the head of a CAC 40 group
For the first time, three women will lead a CAC 40 heavyweight. Ten years after the Copé-Zimmermann law imposed quotas for women on boards, the road to economic power has been long.
Christel Heydemann at Orange: a third woman at the head of a CAC 40 group
For the first time, in 2022, three women will lead a CAC 40 heavyweight. Ten years after the Copé-Zimmermann law imposed quotas for women on boards, the road to economic power has been long.
At the head of CAC 40 companies, a slow opening to women
Tipped to lead Orange, Christel Heydemann could become the second woman to run a CAC 40 company. Among France's 120 largest listed companies, only 14 are headed by a woman. Even so, France ranks well.
Parity on boards: the Copé-Zimmermann generation
A new law passed on 16 December requires companies to raise women's share of executive committees. Although France has climbed to first place on women's presence on large-company boards over ten years, the effect has not carried through to executive bodies. And representation of every kind of diversity still lags…
"We are a long way from parity": in the automotive industry, decision-making still escapes women
Boards have opened enormously to women under the 2011 Copé-Zimmermann law. But the last step, the one that leads to where decisions are made, has yet to be climbed. Will companies be capable of driving that on their own?
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