Nearly half of board seats in Finnish listed companies filled by women, but more progress needed

A recent report by the Central Chamber of Commerce in Finland shows that almost half of the boards of listed companies now have a balanced gender distribution, and around 30% of executive management teams have an equal representation of men and women. Although these figures indicate progress, there is still room for improvement, according to the Chamber's leading expert, Ville Kajala. Kajala reminds us on International Women's Day that increasing the proportion of women in leadership roles requires diversity to be taken into account in the selection of board members and the recruitment of executive team members.