Singapore Board Diversity Report 2013 – Time for Women to Rise

Marleen Dieleman, Meijun Qian, Muhammad Ibrahim

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    Abstract

    The findings reveals a slowly upward going trend from last year (7.3%) and (6.9%) in 2011, where the first report was launched. This year’s research also showed that the appointment of a women director on a company board can increase both Return on Assets and Return on Equity. The report focused on Singapore-listed companies (SGX Mainboard and Catalist), and covered 4,660 directorships in 677 SGX-Iisted companies based on companies’ annual reports with financial year end between October 2011 and September 2012. The securities were actively trading as of 31 December 2012. The report also contained analysis of trends derived from the CGIO directors’ database covering 2008- 2012.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationSingapore
    Commissioning bodyNational University of Singapore
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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