Global Leaders Series | The Boardroom and C-Suite Challenge - Gender Parity

Janice Ellig is on a mission. Described by Bloomberg Businessweek as one ‘the world’s most influential headhunters,’ she’s the CEO of Ellig Group, an executive search and leadership consulting firm that’s women-owned and led. On paper her mission is simple: to see gender parity on corporate boards and in the C-suite. In reality, she admits that this is not as simple as it sounds.

Ellig is up against what she describes as the ‘glacial rate of change’. But she’s unafraid to speed things up. “Search firms have a responsibility to take what can be a difficult stance and show their clients the positive impact of having a diversity and inclusion intention,” she asserts.