Board and management in limited companies, 1 January 2011

The female share of board representatives of 40 per cent in public limited companies is thus the statutory minimum required for gender balance in company boards.

In private limited companies, 17 per cent of the board representatives are women. From 2004 to 2011 this share grew by 1.8 percentage points. Most female board representatives are within other service activities (47 per cent), human health and social work activities (38 per cent) and education (25 per cent).

Private limited companies with only men on their boards make up 72 per cent of the companies. The highest share is in construction, where 84 per cent of the companies have only male board representatives.

Fourteen per cent of all general managers in private limited companies are women. In public limited companies this share is 7 per cent.

Tables:

• Table 1 Board representatives, by gender, age groups, level of education, size groups and economic activity. 1st of January 2011
• Table 2 General managers, by gender, age groups, level of education, size groups and economic activity. 1st of January 2011
• Table 3 Board representatives in private and public limited companies, by number of positions in board and gender. January 1, 2011
• Table 4 General managers in (public) limited companies, by number of positions as general manager and gender. January 1, 2011
• Table 5 Private and public limited companies, by size of borad, size groups, economic activity and gender of board representatives. January 1, 2011
• Table 6 New private and public limited companies, by size of borad, size groups, economic activity and gender of board representatives. 2010