Boards ‘need’ to be filled by more women

Irish companies need to ensure more women are represented on their boards if they’re to keep pace with other countries which are recognising the need for gender balance in running big business.

That was the message by a keynote speaker at a Women Mean Business (WMB) conference in UCC yesterday.

Professor Susan Vinnicombe, director of the Cranfield School of Management in Britain, said the EU Commission had recommended that 40% of company boards should be filled by women by 2020.