DiversityintheBoardroom董事会多元化.PDF

Community Business is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to lead, inspire and support businesses to improve their positive impact on people and communities. Media: The Bulletin (P.32 - 35) Date: April 2013 Website: .hk/FileUpload/201304051224547253/Apr2013.pdf Diversity in the Boardroom 董事會多元化 董事會多元化 董事會多元化董事會多元化 With less than 10% of board positions being held by women, Fern Ngai says it is high time for change in Hong Kong’s boardrooms 香港企業只有少於 10%的董事職位由女性擔任，魏余雪奕認為現在是時候改變現狀 The needle is moving very slowly in terms of female representation on the boards of Hong Kong’s leading companies. Although women make up 47.5% of Hong Kong’s working population and 53.1% of university students, they currently hold only 9.4% of directorships on the boards of Hang Seng Index companies. This anomaly implies that the corporate sector is failing to appreciate and leverage the skills and perspectives that women can bring to the boardroom. Despite the issue of gender diversity on boards becoming a worldwide phenomenon in recent years, Hong Kong lags behind other countries where female directorships, notably the U.K. with 17.3% on the FTSe 100 and Norway with 40.9%. The last 12 months has seen marginal change. The number of women on the boards of Hang Seng Index companies has increased by just three and the number of female directorships by four. The result is that 61 out of 649 directorships are held by women – equating to 9.4%, up from 9.0% a year ago. With some women holding more than one seat, these 61 directorships are held by 53 different women. Of a total of 77 new appointments made in the last year, just nine directorship appointments