En relación con la presencia femenina
en los consejos de administración, en el último número del Company Law Newsletter (nº 350, 11 marzo 2014, pp. 5-6) se hacía referencia a un informe
elaborado a instancias del Gobierno británico que destaca el papel de las
firmas de cazatalentos a la hora de promover una mayor presencia femenina en
los consejos.
Aunque en estos momentos y en el índice FTSE100, el 19% de los administradores
son ya mujeres, el informe añade recomendaciones que deben de hacer que aquellas
firmas fomenten un mayor presencia femenina. Transcribo algunas de las
recomendaciones:
“• Search firms
should, in collaboration with their clients, discuss each woman on the
long-list and aim to have at least one woman whom they would ‘strongly
recommend’ the client should meet and put forward onto the shortlist of all
executive searches for board positions.
• The code, as it stands, should be considered the minimum standard and,
as with the original code, search firms should work together an articulate the
requirements of an upper tier to the code, including how assessment should be
made to establish who should become part of a ‘super group’.
• Search firms
should be more overt on their websites, marketing literature and when talking
to clients about their commitment to the code. They should also be encouraged
to share their hiring data as well as some narrative and case studies of
successes”.
Madrid, 4 de abril de 2014
