Germany’s C-Suites Stall at 20% Women as New Appointments Slide

Overview

• Women hold 19.7% of executive-board seats across 160 listed German companies, the same share as a year ago, according to the AllBright Foundation.
• Of 101 new board appointments over the past year, only 20 were women, dropping the inflow share to about 20% from 37% two years earlier.
• DAX companies have reached roughly 40% women on supervisory boards, yet women occupy only 25.7% of DAX executive-board seats.
• Porsche and Brenntag appear on AllBright’s red list with zero women on their executive boards, and the auto industry is flagged for particularly weak progress.
• Only six of the 160 listed firms are led by a woman as CEO, a tally AllBright says reflects a reversion to old selection patterns in uncertain times.