ASX 2012

ASX 1-200

  • 13.9 per cent of directorship positions are held by women
  • 32 per cent (64) of companies do not have a woman on their board
  • 18 per cent (36) of companies have met the Women on Boards target of having 25 per cent female directors by 2012. 

The ASX has seen the highest level of percentage increase of female appointments across the Boardroom Diversity Index. From a low base of 8.3 per cent in 2008 the percentage of ASX200 board positions held by women has grown by 5.6 per cent to 13.9 per cent in March 2012. The gender statistics improve as you move up the ASX, with boards of ASX50 companies having 18 per cent of their directorships held by women.

In December 2009 there were 105 companies in the ASX200 without a female director. This has fallen to 64 in March 2012. The majority of these companies are in the energy and materials sectors.

ASX 201 - 300

  • 7.6 per cent of directorships are held by women
  • 64 per cent (60) companies do not have a women on their board
  • 6 per cent (5) companies have met the Women on Boards target of having 25 per cent female directors by 2012. 

There has been an increase in the numbers of women on ASX201-300 boards, up from  4.3 per cent in June 2010 to 7.6 per cent in 2012. Of the 565 directors, 43 are women. There are 60 companies without a woman on their board, the majority in the energy and materials sectors.

The good guys

In 2012 the following ASX300 companies have a minimum of 25 per cent of directorships held by women. They are listed in order from highest to lowest and the names of the Chairs are provided.

  1. Chorus Ltd, Ms Sue Sheldon, 50.0%
  2. Spark Infrastructure Group, Mr Brian Scullin, 50.0%
  3. Pacific Brands Limited, Mr James MacKenzie, 42.9%
  4. CFS Retail Property Trust, Mr Richard Haddock, 40.0%
  5. Commonwealth Property Office Fund, Mr Richard Haddock, 40.0%
  6. Investa Office Fund, Ms Deborah Page, 40.0%
  7. Westpac Banking Corporation, Mr Lindsay Maxted, 40.0%
  8. Downer Edi Limited, Mr Michael Harding, 37.5%
  9. QBE Insurance Group Limited, Ms Belinda Hutchinson, 37.5%
  10. Amcor Limited, Mr Chris Roberts, 33.3%
  11. Astro Japan Property Trust, Mr Allan  McDonald, 33.3%
  12. Hills Industries Limited, Ms Jennifer Hill-Ling, 33.3%
  13. Macquarie Group Limited, Mr Kevin McCann, 33.3%
  14. Programmed Maintenance Servces, Mr Bruce Brook, 33.3%
  15. Starpharma Holdings Limited, Mr Peter Bartels, 33.3%
  16. Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Ms Paula Dwyer, 33.3%
  17. AMP Limited, Mr Peter Mason, 30.0%
  18. Bendigo And Adelaide Bank Limited, Mr Robert Johanson, 30.0%
  19. Suncorp-Metway Limited, Mr Ziggy Switkowski, 28.6%
  20. Commonwealth Bank Of Australia, Mr David Turner, 27.3%
  21. Qantas Airways Limited, Mr Leigh Clifford, 27.3%
  22. AGL Energy Limited, Mr Jerry Maycock, 25.0%
  23. Atlas Iron Limited, Mr David Hannon, 25.0%
  24. Boart Longyear Limited, Mr David McLemore, 25.0%
  25. Boral Limited, Dr Robert Every, 25.0%
  26. CSR Limited, Mr Jeremy Sutcliffe, 25.0%
  27. Dexus Property Group, Mr Christopher Beare, 25.0%
  28. DuluxGroup Ltd, Mr Peter Kirby, 25.0%
  29. Fairfax Media Limited, Mr Roger Corbett, 25.0%
  30. GPT Group, Mr Rob Ferguson, 25.0%
  31. Graincorp Ltd, Mr Don Taylor, 25.0%
  32. Insurance Australia Group Limited, Mr Brian Schwartz, 25.0%
  33. Mirvac Group, Mr James MacKenzie, 25.0%
  34. Origin Energy Limited, Mr Kevin McCann, 25.0%
  35. Skilled Group Limited, Ms Vicki McFadden, 25.0%
  36. Sonic Healthcare Limited, Mr Peter Campbell, 25.0%
  37. Stockland, Mr Graham Bradley, 25.0%
  38. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited, Mr Mark Verbiest, 25.0%
  39. Woolworths Limited, Mr James Strong, 25.0%
  40. Worleyparsons Limited, Mr Ron McNeilly, 25.0%

The laggards

In 2012 the following 124 ASX300 companies do NOT have a female director: 

  • Acrux Ltd
  • Adamus Resources
  • Aditya Birla Minerals
  • Alkane Resources Limited
  • Allied Gold Mining PLC
  • Ampella Mining Ltd
  • Aquarius Platinum Limited
  • Aquila Resources
  • ARB Corp Ltd
  • Aspen Group
  • Aston Resources Ltd
  • Ausdrill Ltd
  • Austal Ltd
  • Austar United Communications Limited
  • Austin Engineering Limited
  • Australian Agricultural Company Limited
  • Bandanna Energy Ltd
  • Bathurst Resources Limited
  • Beadell Resources Limited
  • Biota Hldgs Ltd
  • Bow Energy Ltd
  • Brockman Resources Limited
  • BWP Trust
  • Cape Lambert Resources Limited
  • Carnarvon Petroleum Limited
  • Cash Converters International
  • Centro Retail Trust
  • Challenger Diversified Property Group
  • Challenger Infrastructure Fund
  • Charter Hall Office REIT
  • Charter Hall Retail REIT
  • Coalspur Mines Ltd
  • Cockatoo Coal Ltd
  • Credit Corp Group Limited
  • CSG Limited
  • Cudeco Limited
  • Dart Energy Limited
  • Decmil Group Ltd
  • Discovery Metals Ltd
  • Eldorado Gold Corp
  • Elemental Minerals Ltd
  • Endeavour Mining Corporation
  • Energy World Corporation Ltd
  • Envestra Limited
  • Evolution Mining Ltd
  • FKP Property Group
  • Fleetwood Corp Ltd
  • Flight Centre Limited
  • Flinders Mines Limited
  • Focus Minerals Ltd
  • Forge Group Ltd
  • Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
  • Galaxy Resources Ltd
  • Gindalbie Metals Ltd
  • Grange Resources Ltd
  • Greenland Minerals & Energy Ltd
  • Gryphon Minerals Ltd
  • GUD Hldgs Ltd
  • Gunns Limited
  • GWA Group Ltd (was GWA International)
  • Hastie Group
  • Horizon Oil Ltd
  • Indophil Resources NL
  • Industrea Limited
  • Intrepid Mines Limited
  • James Hardie Industries N.V.
  • Kagara Zinc Ltd
  • Karoon Gas Australia Limited
  • Kingsgate Consolidated Limited
  • Kingsrose Mining Limited
  • Linc Energy
  • M2 Telecommunications Group Limited
  • Macquarie Altas Roads Limited
  • Matrix Composites & Engineering Ltd
  • McMillan Shakespeare Limited
  • Medusa Mining Limited
  • Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd
  • Mesoblast Limited
  • Metminco Limited
  • Mincor Resources Nl
  • Mineral Deposits Limited
  • Mineral Resources
  • Mirabela Nickel Limited
  • Molopo Energy Limited
  • Monadelphous Group Limited
  • Mount Gibson Iron Limited
  • Navitas Limited
  • Nexus Energy Limited
  • Northern Iron Limited
  • NRW Holdings Limited
  • OceanaGold Corporation - CDI
  • Oil Search Limited
  • Paladin Energy Ltd
  • Panoramic Resources Limited
  • Perseus Mining Limited
  • Pharmaxis
  • Platinum Australia Limited
  • Primary Health Care Ltd
  • Qube Logistics Holdings Ltd
  • Ramelius Resources
  • Ramsay Health Care Limited
  • Regis Resources Ltd
  • Resmed Inc
  • Resolute Mining Ltd
  • Rex Minerals Ltd
  • Roc Oil Company Limited
  • Samson Oil & Gas Ltd
  • Sandfire Resources NL
  • Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd
  • Sedgman Ltd
  • Seven West Media Ltd
  • Silex Systems Ltd
  • Silver Lake Resources
  • SMS Management & Technology Ltd
  • South Boulder Mines Ltd
  • TAP OIL Limited
  • Teranga Gold Corporation
  • Tiger Resources Limited
  • Tox Free Solutions Limited
  • TPG Telecom Ltd
  • Troy Resources NL
  • Watpac Limited
  • Western Areas Nl
  • White Energy Co. Ltd
  • Whitehaven Coal Ltd

About the data

The data is collected from publicly available sources at the time of collation (January 2012). The ranking of the ASX companies is taken from Standard & Poors.

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