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1. 96%
(2004-2013)
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In 2013 Strategy& continued to examine
CEO turnover and looked at women
CEOs of the last ten years.
The 2013
... and are more likely to be
forced out of office
Forced Planned M&A
27% 21%
38% 27%
Outgoing CEO succession reason
(2004-2013)
forced out forced out
forced out forced out
13%
60%
11%
51%
23%
56%
27%
46%
Women CEOs differ from their
male peers in that they are
more often outsiders...
Insider Outsider
58%
42%
61%
35% 39%
65% 78%
22%
Australia Global Australia Global
45 male
female
1
2013 incoming CEO class
MEN continue
to dominate the
incoming CEO
class
2012 2013
6.7%
2.2%
2012 2013
13.9%
15.8%
* Women on Boards - Boardroom Diversity Index report, 2013
Appointment of Australian women
CEOs is in decline, while the
number of women being appointed
to Boards is increasing
Women CEOs
Women on Boards*
Australia
Global
Retention of
Australian women
CEOs is also in
decline
4.3%
3.1%
2004-2008 2009-2013
and trending
more negatively
than the rest of
the world
Higher shareholder
returns
Best annualised
returns
$
1
Top performing Australian companies are increasingly appointing more
incoming CEOs from within their ranks who continue to perform better
than outsiders
43%
48% 50%
60%
67%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Incoming CEOs: INSIDERS
of Australian
ASX200 CEOs
left office in 2013
up from 15% in 2012
16%
Median tenure of
outgoing CEOs has
declined
years in office
4.3
lower than the global median in 2013
(5 years) and Australian median since
2006 (5 years)
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Insider CEOs Performance