The AICD’s latest data on appointments to S&P/ASX 200 Boards reveals…

• The latest percentage of women on ASX 200 boards is 20.0% (31 March 2015).
• A total of 34 boards in the ASX 200 still do not have any women
• Women have comprised 25% of new appointments to ASX 200 boards to date in 2015 (31 March).
• Women comprised 30% of new appointments to ASX 200 boards to date in 2014.
• 10 women have been appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2015 (31 March 2015).
• 53 women were appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2014.

Australia’s 2013-14 Gender Equality Scorecard, created by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency reveals…

• The representation of women steadily declines when moving up the management levels, with women comprising only 26.1% of key management personnel (KMP) positions, and 17.3% of CEO positions
• One-third (33.5%) of employers have no KMPs who are women, and 31.3% of organisations have no ‘other executives or general managers’ who are women
• Only 13.6% of employers have a strategy for flexible working and only 13.2% of employers have a strategy to support employees with family or caring responsibilities
• Less than one in four employers have conducted a gender remuneration gap analysis to check for potential pay equity issues
• Few employers are taking a strategic whole-of-enterprise approach to gender equality. Only 7.1% of employers have a standalone overall gender equality strategy