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Glaring lack of women leading Irish publicly listed companies cannot be ignored any longer

The latest gender balance statistics suggest Ireland is ahead of its targets, but the lack of women leading stock-market listed companies is cause for concern

Rita-Rose Gagné, chief executive of Hammerson, is one of just three female chief executives of publicly listed companies in Ireland and she could soon be the only one

A lot done. More to do. The slogan made famous after it was plastered across election posters appears equally applicable when it comes to female representation at board level in Ireland.

Balance for Better Business (B4BB), the government’s independent review group into gender balance mix in the governance and management structures of Irish businesses, launched its sixth annual report last week showing that the proportion of women on the boards of ISEQ 20 companies this ...