Hiring | Men still appointed to three-quarters of Boardroom positions

Three-quarters of Boardroom appointments are still going to male candidates, new research by global search company Egon Zehnder has revealed.

The study’s findings suggest that gender parity will “never be reached” at the senior levels of global conglomerates.

The Financial Times reports that 1,610 public company’s worth £6.3billion (€7billion) or more in 44 global countries were examined in their Board or senior-level roles.

Additionally, the research has shed some light on the shockingly low number of women in the boardroom, which has increased by just two per cent on 2016 figures.