Women overboard! How many is too many?

Women overboard! How many is too many?
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Brianna McIlraith
More women than ever are sitting in leadership and governance roles in some of the country’s biggest companies – but are women taking on too many roles at once? The Ministry for Women’s latest stocktake of gender and ethnic diversity on public sector boards and committees, done last year, found women members held an average of 1.16 board roles each, and men members held an average of 1.13 board roles each. The 2023 NZX diversity report shows women directors on NZX companies held an average of 1.23 roles, while men di...

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