Women make up less than one in 10 of the membership of executive committees and boards of directors around the world, with representation in North America putting Europe and Asia to shame.
A new study of the 300 largest companies in the world, in terms of market capitalisation, (the top 100 in Europe, the top 100 in North America and the top 100 in Asia) found there were twice as many women at boardroom level and on executive committees in the U.S and Canada than there are in Europe.
The Asian economies did even worse, with eight times fewer women than in North America, according to the survey carried out by international executive search firm Christian & Timbers and communications agency Capital Com.
In the UK, meanwhile, a separate survey by consultants Deloitte has found that there has been no change in the tiny number - a mere three per cent - of female directors of the country's largest companies.
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