Women hold one in five board seats in Hong Kong firms for first time, report says

The proportion of seats occupied by women on the boards of Hong Kong-based companies has surpassed one in five for the first time, but significant disparities remain in senior-management representation and pay equity, reports show.

Across all Hong Kong-listed companies, 20.8 per cent of board seats were occupied by women as of October, up from 19 per cent a year earlier and 16 per cent in 2022, according to a report published by MSCI, an American financial company known for its indices. Companies with a woman in the CEO’s office increased to 5.6 per cent from 4.4 per cent a year earlier, the report added.