Women buying their way into the boardroom

Women executives [in Copenhagen, Denmark] will buy up stock in order to bring shareholders’ attention to the lack of women on boards of directors.
In an effort to place women on company boards, a group known as Best.Women has announced that it intends to buy shares in seven major companies with one or no female board members. By buying the shares, the group hopes to be able to speak during the companies’ AGMs and draw attention to the lack of women in the boardroom.
In addition to its stock purchases, Best.Women intends to hold courses in being a board member.
‘We want to establish a trainee project for 10 women who want to be on boards. We intend to contact companies and urge them to allow one of the women to shadow the boards for a year – unpaid,’ said Susan Lund, a Best.Woman board member who heads the organisation’s training projects.
Best.Woman has purchased shares in Carlsberg, Novozymes, Lundbeck, GN Store Nord, DSV, FL Smith and IC Companys.
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