Thai female CEOs on top of the world
Thailand leads world with its number of female CEOs, according to Grant Thorn's International Business Report (IBR).
The new research is being announced globally today on International women's day.
In Thailand,49% of CEOs are woman, which is up from 21% last year and 20% in 2011.
Chains is the only country where women occupy more than half (51%) of senior management roles, while Japan remains at the bottom with 7%.
The pioneer economies where economic growth is high have greater diversity in their senior management teams. The ASEAN and Asia - pacific regions are head of the global average eith 32% and 29% female proportions , respectively, but Thailand is even higher at 36%.
The IBR also reveals the proportion of women is senior positions is markedly different across sectors. More than double the number of positions in the global healthcare sector are occupied by women (45%) than in construction or mining (19%)