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The top women in business and professional life




Gender Award Winning Companies

Recognised by Catalyst since 2000

Since 1987, Catalyst has been awarding companies that attract, retain and promote women effectively while also doing research into the positive benefits this has on corporate performance.

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Top 15 women from Fortune 500 list

(In the US)

From health care, to agriculture, to food and beverages, these women show what it takes to face the challenge of leading a Fortune 500 company.

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RANKING BUSINESS SCHOOLS BY GENDER BALANCE

(adapted from Financial Times Rankink)

  • SCHOOLS WITH HIGHEST % OF FEMALE MBAs
  • TOP RANKED GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOLS

Only five schools made both lists. And all but one of them (IE based in Spain) are American…

  1. NYU Stern
  2. Stanford
  3. Wharton
  4. Harvard
  5. IE Business School

All five of these schools have over 36% women in their MBA programmes.

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The 2008 NAFE Top 10 Companies for Executive Women

NAFE looked beyond corporate programs and policies purportedly dedicated to advancing women to results, examining the number of women in each company overall, in senior management, and on its board of directors. To be named to the NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women, companies with a minimum of two women on the board completed a comprehensive application that focused on the number of women in senior ranks (compared to men and to the company population), including questions about the programs and policies which support women’s advancement.

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Top 20 Women in Business in Oman

The Oman Economic Review lists the 20 most powerful women in business in the sultanate.


Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor leads this year’s list of the world’s most powerful women from Forbes.


FT's Leading Arab Businesswomen 2007

An MD of an investment bank in Qatar, a founder of a pharmaceuticals and medical supplies distribution company in Lebanon and someone who runs the Hilton hotel in Algiers – these are some of the 25 impressive businesswomen highlighted in the FT’s list.


FT's top businesswomen in Europe

Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of French nuclear group Areva heads the 2007 list of the top businesswomen in Europe.


20-FIRST CALLS FOR LEGISLATION

Transparency in Corporate Reporting on Gender Balance