Ireland left with zero female listed CEOs after Ires switch

Ireland has become one of only two European Union states to have no women leading any of its listed companies, even as it has become known for achieving rapid social change in recent decades.

Almost every other EU country, except the small state of Luxembourg, has at least one woman at the top of a listed company, according to analysis by Bloomberg. All other member states have female CEOs, besides Slovakia, which has one company run by three directors including a woman, and Philip Morris’s Czech out posting, led by a female managing director who is set to be replaced by a man in June, according to a company statement.

The picture in the US is only slightly better, with 10 per cent female CEOs on the Fortune 500 in 2023. Globally, quotas have been set for improving board diversity, although most appear not to specifically target the top job. The EU has mandated that non-executive boards of listed companies must consist of women. The US’s Nasdaq sets board targets too. In Ireland, the Government set a 33 per cent target for women on boards by the end of 2023.

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