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Lack of women in boardrooms holds back UK family business

May 24, 2019

Britain’s biggest family businesses are stymied in entrepreneurialism by their older and less diverse boards of directors compared to their public company rivals.

Britain’s biggest family businesses are stymied in entrepreneurialism by their older and less diverse boards of directors compared to their public company rivals.

The average female representation on a UK family board was as low as 12%, much lower compared to all FTSE 100 companies at 23%, according to a new report out this week on the corporate governance arrangements of the country’s largest family firms by turnover.

The future is female: next generation women in family business, part three

September 19, 2018

Family businesses are on course to be led by more women, as responsibilities and wealth transfer to the next generation, and the dividends to society and the balance sheet are already clear.

Family businesses are on course to be led by more women, as responsibilities and wealth transfer to the next generation, and the dividends to society and the balance sheet are already clear.

While it is still far more common to see men at the top in family business, and the gender pay gap closes at a glacial pace, some research suggests that inequality is less acute within family-controlled companies than other businesses.

The future is female: next generation women in family business, part two

September 13, 2018

CampdenFB brings you the next fabulous five of 20 next-generation women we are championing in September who are ones to watch in the global family business community.

Next-generation women could be considered the keepers of the flame of their family’s values, a perspective which could make significant impacts on the policies and practices of the firms they inherit.

The future is female: next generation women in family business, part one

September 6, 2018

The next generation of women in families are advancing gender equality while leading their businesses to even greater success. To recognise their efforts, CampdenFB is profiling 20 ones to watch throughout September.

The next generation of women in families are advancing gender equality while leading their businesses to even greater success through innovation and collaboration.

Yet they still face challenges. Women are underrepresented at the leadership level of global business and family firms are unfortunately no exception.

Senior management roles held by women worldwide increased by a mere 1% in the decade to 2017, according to the newly launched Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London.

Kinnevik maintains growing trend of female leadership in family business

May 18, 2018

Family-controlled Swedish investment house Kinnevik is set to appoint Dame Amelia Fawcett as its new chairman. It has had female leaders for 11 of the past 13 years.

Family-controlled Swedish investment house Kinnevik is set to appoint Dame Amelia Fawcett as its new chairman at its AGM on 21 May.

The proposed election underlines the digital innovator’s tradition of female leadership that has seen female chairs helming it for 11 out of the past 13 years.

Fawcett, a former Morgan Stanley executive who chaired the Guardian Media Group for seven years, has been deputy chairman since 2013.

Cheuk Nang chair puts gay prejudice aside to promote daughter

August 8, 2014

An expert on inclusivity and diversity in business has praised the leadership of a father who, having openly rejected his daughter’s sexuality in the past, has now announced he would like her to succeed him at the helm of the family-controlled Hong Kong property empire.

This week, Cheuk Nang chairman Cecil Chao announced he wanted his daughter, Gigi, to become vice chairwoman of the family business, and would be taking his proposal to next month’s board meeting.

Online forum for female next gens launches

February 18, 2014

A new online community for women involved in family businesses has attracted more global attention than the US-based founders anticipated, since its launch in November.

Daughters in Charge was founded by family business consultant Amy Katz, who says the online forum, operated out of Cincinnati, Ohio, has seen interest from women in India, Switzerland and the UK, as well as from within the US.

One of Thailand's most successful businesswomen dies

October 17, 2013

The second-generation head of an automotive company, and one of Thailand's most successful businesswomen, has died from heart failure at the age of 67.

Khunying Phornthip Narongdej started working in her father's company, Siam Motors, as a secretarial assistant at the age of 17, rising through the ranks to become president and chief executive.

Siam Motors was the main Thai distributor of many Japanese heavy machinery and automobile brands, including Nissan and Datsun, when Phornthip took the reins.