Just one in nine CEOs of large enterprises appointed were women

New statistics on gender balance in business have been released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show a gender breakdown of chairpersons, boards of directors, CEOs and senior executive teams.

The figures show that only one in nine CEOs of large enterprises in Ireland appointed in the past 12 months were women while large companies’ boards are on average made up of 20% women and 80% men.