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Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... we might very well be invested in all of the companies that the director sits. Q: Have you been engaging on the issue of women on boards? RM: Most definitely. In the last month or two, we wrote to the ASX200, just letting them know that we support theASXcorporate ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... the report. "In some areas, we need to do more. For example, we need to continue to take action to increase the number of women in management and improve our processes for resolving and reducing customer complaints." ANZ is not meeting its goal to resolve ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... the financial services sector, particularly at senior executive level. "There is a striking contrast between the number of women entering the financial services industry and the number reaching senior executive level," said Finsia CEO Russell Thomas. ...

Diane Grady appointed to Macquarie board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... (1994-2002), MLC (1996 - 2002) and is currently a Director of Bluescope Steel Ltd. She was also president of Chief Executive Women from 2002 to 2004 and chaired the group's taskforce which published the CEO Kit for Attracting and Retaining Female Talent. ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... guide of what the risks and issues are." Going forward, the company has set diversity goals in employment that would see women make up 20 per cent of senior management by 2015 and 40 per cent of 2015 graduate intake. Women made up 14 per cent of senior ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
The Westpac Group has committed to increasing the number of women in senior leadership roles to 40 percent by 2014. Westpac announced this move in a report, On Target, to demonstrate their performance against the UN Women's Empowerment principles, released ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has committed to increasing the number of women in management positions to 40 percent by the end of September as part of increasing their gender diversity throughout the business. Currently, 38.4 percent of managers are women, the bank said. ...

"Steady but modest" increase in number of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
The number of women appointed to corporate directorships in Australia has increased from 8.9 percent of total positions in 2009 to 10.9 percent in 2011, in line with "steady but modest" global increases, according to a report by GovernanceMetrics International ...