Gender Matters: 3rd Women on Boards Conference
27 -29 April 2011
Sheraton on the Park
Sydney, Australia
‘We need to build critical mass in the presence of existing barriers. Critical mass will create the change we are seeking.’ - Jan Elsner
Ralph Norris and John Porter came together on the stage at the Gender Matters Conference to talk about the approach their very different companies were taking to gender diversity. John, the son of an American gender rights activist, has more than 50 per cent women in his executive leadership team at young company Austar. Ralph, the CEO of one of our oldest companies CBA, has set ambitious gender targets he is committed to achieving.
Norway's leading director, Mai-Lill Ibsen, and the Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Liz Broderick, addressed the issue of quotas and targets at the Conference. It produced the required result in Norway in terms of an increase in numbers, but as Mai-Lill reported, has not been without complications. Women on boards is now a major issue of debate in Australia, but there is still a long way to go was the message from Liz.
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