Nearly one-third of family businesses in the Gulf Cooperation Council states have one or more female board members, according to research by the non-profit Pearl Initiative.
Nearly one-third of family businesses in the Gulf Cooperation Council states have one or more female board members, according to research by the non-profit Pearl Initiative.
Imelda Dunlop, executive director of the Pearl Initiative, told CampdenFB: “It illustrates an openness among family firms in the GCC; they don’t regard board seats as being for male family members only.”
Are women better at running companies? Whatever the answer, there is little doubt that women are playing a bigger role in family businesses.
Dominique Hériard Dubreuil didn’t plan on joining the family business. As a drinks company, Rémy Cointreau operated in a male-dominated industry and she had three brothers – who seemed like natural successors in 1960s and 1970s France.
Women are breaking through the glass ceiling in family businesses, moving on from their role as “chief emotional officer” and becoming active, visible participants in the running of companies, according to Juliette Johnson, head of family business at Coutts & Co.
Women are breaking through the glass ceiling in family businesses, moving on from their role as “chief emotional officer” and becoming active, visible participants in the running of companies, according to Juliette Johnson, head of family business at Coutts & Co.
She was commenting as new Coutts research, looking at the relationship between family businesses and female board members, was released.
