German Boardrooms Lag in Gender Diversity, Study Reveals

Despite slight improvements, Germany remains behind other countries in female representation in corporate leadership.

The Allbright Foundation reports that women hold 19.7% of board positions in Germany's top 160 publicly traded companies.
Germany's leading DAX companies have a slightly higher female representation at 24.7%, yet still trail behind countries like the UK and USA.
Porsche Holding remains the only DAX-listed company with an all-male board, highlighting ongoing gender disparity.
The introduction of quotas has increased female representation in supervisory boards but has had limited impact on executive boards.
Structural barriers such as inadequate childcare and traditional tax incentives contribute to the slow progress in gender equality.