Chief Executive Women’s (CEW) shared mission is ‘women leaders empowering all women’. CEW’s flagship thought leadership, the CEW Senior Executive Census is entering its eight year. This report tracks the annual progress of women’s representation in the senior leadership teams in Australia’s top companies. The data consistently shows that women are underrepresented in these roles and more needs to be done to achieve gender parity in our lifetime.

We would be delighted if you could join us for the CEW Roundtable featuring the 2024 CEW Senior Executive Census: Keeping Score of a Losing Game to discuss how CEW and the Tasmanian Government can collaborate to advance gender equality.

Date: Thursday 28 November 2024

Time: 6pm – 8.30pm

Venue: Kwan Ho Restaurant, Wrestpoint, 410 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay

Audience: 20 CEW Members, partners and key stakeholders

Format of event:

Opening statement - CEW President, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, key findings of 2024 CEW Census
Opening statement – The Hon Madeleine Ogilvie
Discussion – practical insights to accelerating gender equality

CEW would like to thank our sponsors CPB Contractors for supporting this important discussion.

We would be delighted if you could join us. Please advise us whether you can attend by contacting Sandra Constantine, Member Services Executive, at sconstantine@cew.org.au as soon as possible and no later than Wednesday 21 November.

Kind Regards

Katie Cooper

Tasmanian Chapter Chair, CEW

CEW Senior Executive Census 2024 Report findings

Stagnation in Gender Equality Progress: The report notes a slowdown in gender equality within ASX300 leadership, with 91% of CEO roles still held by men. The number of women CEOs has decreased from 26 to 25 since 2023.

Underrepresentation of Women in CEO Pipeline Roles: Women remain underrepresented in CEO pipeline roles, with 82% still occupied by men. Despite some progress, 45% of ASX300 companies have no women in these critical positions.