Women took up 16 per cent of board seats in Hong Kong-registered firms as of October 4 last year, MSCI says, an increase from 13.5 per cent in 2021 and 12.7 per cent in 2020. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Women took up 16 per cent of board seats in Hong Kong-registered firms as of October 4 last year, MSCI says, an increase from 13.5 per cent in 2021 and 12.7 per cent in 2020. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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International Women’s Day: more gender diversity on Hong Kong, mainland China firms’ boards, but still trail regional and western peers, MSCI says

  • Firms in the city and mainland China behind western countries, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and India, but ahead of Taiwan and comparable with Japan
  • ‘There will definitely be fewer all-male boards in Hong Kong in the next two years, which should increase the percentage of female directors overall’, MSCI executive says

Eric Ng
Eric Ng

Updated: 11:30am, 5 Mar, 2023

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Women took up 16 per cent of board seats in Hong Kong-registered firms as of October 4 last year, MSCI says, an increase from 13.5 per cent in 2021 and 12.7 per cent in 2020. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Women took up 16 per cent of board seats in Hong Kong-registered firms as of October 4 last year, MSCI says, an increase from 13.5 per cent in 2021 and 12.7 per cent in 2020. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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