Where Are The Women CEO’s: A Global Study

Globally and locally, the study breaks many myths & reveals interesting facts. It highlights how Indian Women CXOs, who themselves are at the threshold of becoming CEOs, view the question of gender diversity. It seems that the upwardly mobile women are caught up in a game of snakes and ladders. Just as they are nearing the top, they face unknown pitfalls. In spite of greater social acceptance, perhaps, the unstated and hidden biases are still strong and not fully understood. Only exceptional women are able to breakthrough and reach the top. The leadership game is changing now and soon the playing field will not be that uneven.

Gurdeep Hora

As part of its’ global study of The DNA of CEOs, Kestria, India has surveyed and interviewed CEOs from 40 plus countries about the state of Women CEOs in their countries. The study breaks many myths and reveals some very interesting facts:

More Women CEOs in Asia than in Europe or America

There are more Women CEOs in the Asia Pacific than in the USA or Europe when calculated as a percentage of Total CEOs in these countries. While in Asia and Australia, 11.8% of CEOs are women; in Europe and Americas, this percentage is only 7.8%.

Singapore, Vietnam & Philippines are Champions of Women Leadership of Business

India’s percentage of Women CEOs at about 12.9% is better than the Average for APAC & Australia, however, the champions of Women Leadership of Business are countries like Singapore, Vietnam and Philippines, where over a quarter of all CEOs are women.

Sweden Leads, Germany far behind in Europe

The Global Average of Women as CEOs is below 10%. In the West, while Sweden leads with 15% CEOs being women, the figures for UK, Italy, France, Spain etc. hovers around 9%. Germany and Austria …

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Where are Women CEOs – A Global Study by KESTRIA