Women make up a quarter of CEOs and board directors in Vietnam: BCG
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam is a bright spot for gender diversity in Southeast Asia, with a recent report showing the country has a higher proposition of women serving as board directors and chief executive officers than Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
 25% of board directors and CEOs in Vietnam are women. (Photo: baotintuc.com) |
Bloomberg quoted September data from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) that some 25 percent of CEOs or board directors in Vietnam are women. More women in Vietnam, compared with Singapore and Malaysia, are also hoping to be promoted, the BCG report found based on surveying more than 2,000 employees.
Ian Grundy of Adecco Group, the world’s largest provider of temporary workers said women in Vietnam lead or own many SMEs and large enterprises which provides positive, visible and diverse role models to other females. Emerging countries outperform developed ones in Asia in women’s representation on company boards, Grundy said, adding that Vietnam’s progress in gender diversity is partly due to measures by government and businesses to retain and grow female talent.
According to another study by Deloitte in June, 17.6 percent of board members in a survey of 50 Vietnamese companies were women. That’s more than double Asia’s average of 7.8 percent.