Statistics

Appointments to ASX 200 Boards

  • We track new appointments on a real-time basis.
  • The latest percentage of women on ASX 200 boards is 14.2% (10 May 2012).
  • The percentage of women on boards of ASX 200 companies and the proportion of women comprising new appointments increased significantly in 2010 and 2011.
  • The figures are the highest they have been in Australia, however we still have a long way to go.
  • A total of 61 boards in the ASX 200 still do not have any women.

 

Source: Statistics for 2004, 2006 and 2008 are drawn from EOWA's 2008 Australian Census of Women in Leadership. Statistics for 2010 and 2011 are based on the Australian Institute of Company Directors research.

Proportion of women comprising new appointments

  • Women have comprised 26% of new appointments to ASX 200 boards to date in 2012 (10 May 2012).
  • Women comprised 28% of new appointments to ASX 200 boards in 2011.
  • Women comprised 25% of all new appointments to ASX 200 boards in 2010, compared to only 5% in 2009 and 8% in 2007 and 2008.

 

Source: Research conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Number of women appointed to ASX 200 boards

20 women have been appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2012 to date (10 May 2012). Download a list of the female directors appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2012.

  • 68 women were appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2011.
  • 56 women were appointed to ASX 200 boards in 2010, a substantial increase on 2009 (10 women appointed).

 

Source: Research conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Not-for-profit organisations (NFPs)

  • Women are significantly better represented in NFPs than they are in public listed companies.
  • According to research by Women on Boards conducted in 2008, women comprise 30% of directors, or their equivalents, in top NFP organisations (by revenue)
  • In contrast to public listed companies, more than 75% of NFP boards were reported as having at least one female director in 2004.

Universities

  • Women comprise 36.8% of members on governing bodies and councils of the Group of Eight universities in Australia.

International Comparison

  • Download the 2011 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors, published in December 2011.