Fewer than 5 per cent of companies that listed on the stock exchange last year had a female chairman, while only 17 per cent of directors on those newly floated businesses were women.
"We clearly need to ensure that when companies list, the boards comprise of at least 30 per cent female directors," says Nicole Wakefield Evans. Alex Ellinghausen
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