Leaders call for gender balance

Original article by Fiona Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 2-Sep-15

New South Wales Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian complains that there are too few women in business. She told a Women in Banking event in Sydney on 1 September 2015 that she insists on other women being present when she is invited to business events but this condition is not always observed by event organisers. Mirvac board director Sam Mostyn said diversity in business has a positive impact on the quality of decision-making.

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Diversity best defence against investment risk

Original article by Sally Rose
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 16-Mar-15

Aberdeen Asset Management’s chief investment officer Anne Richards regards herself as an "activist investor" with regard to the issue of women directors. She believes that greater boardroom diversity can reduce investment risk, but says mandatory quotas for female directors is not necessarily the solution. Richards will launch Australia’s Women on Boards 2015 Diversity Index on 16 March 2015

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ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, WOMEN ON BOARDS, FTSE 100 INDEX