Gender Balance in the Boardroom

Deutsche Bank CEO Slammed for Comments on Female Managers

Deutsche Bank Chief Executive, Joseph Ackermann is under fire in Germany for joking that the inclusion of more women on the bank's all male executive board would make it more 'colouful and pretttier'

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Quotas for Women Gain Support in the EU and Germany

In top German companies, just 2.2 percent of senior management positions are occupied by women -- and the pace of improvement has been glacial. Now, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is considering the introduction of a quota system. The European Union, too, may soon mandate more gender equality.

Norway has had a quota for years. Since 2003, the law has mandated that 40 percent of executive management board members in companies listed on the country's stock exchange be women.

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