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Just one in 10 ASX 200 chairmen is a woman

Sally Patten
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Women occupy more than a third of board seats of ASX 200 companies for the first time, but the improvement is partially offset by analysis showing that only one in 10 blue-chip company chairmen is female.

Women accounted for 33.6 per cent of ASX 200 company directors at the end of May, up from 30.9 per cent a year ago, research by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) showed.

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Sally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com

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