A study on the presence of women in key positions of the IBEX 35 companies continues revealed that numbers continue to be very low. The study carried out by the Spanish Association of Executives and Councils (EJE&CON) and ATREVIA has shown that there is still a lot of work to be done.
This study has considered all the men and women who work as presidents, CEOs and board directors, as well as, those who occupy a position on managing committees of the IBEX 35 companies, referred to as, “management organs”. The numbers resulting from this study offers an overview of the predominantly male environment that persists at these levels: only 19.4% of the members of the various management bodies of the IBEX 35 companies are women.
More specifically, women comprise 23.5% of boards of directors (110 of 469 people), 13.6% of the management committees (69 of 507 people), 8.8% of CEO’s (3 of 34 people) and only 3.7% of the delegated councilors (1 of 27 people).
The association EJE&CON highlights in this report the need to ensure that companies take “seriously” a greater incorporation of women in management committees to break the so-called glass ceiling and increase the presence of women in CEO positions, delegate counselor, and on the boards of directors.