The Dutch Female Board Index 2008

Abstract

This report gives an overview of the presence of women in the Executive Board and Supervisory Board (together: 'the Board') of Dutch listed companies per September 2009. The companies have been ranked by the percentage women in the Board. A difference analysis has been made at personal level (characteristics such as age and nationality of the female directors have been compared with same characteristics of their male colleagues). Moreover a difference analysis has been made at company level, to examine characteristics (such as indices or industry) of companies with women on the Board and whether these differ from companies without female directors.