Women hold 1 in 5 board seats in Hong Kong firms for first time, report says

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Significant disparities remain in senior-management representation and pay equity, reports show.

The percentage of companies with a woman in the chief financial officer role fell to 14.8 per cent as of October from 19.1 per cent a year earlier – the second-largest decrease in the Asia-Pacific region, the report said.

As of January, 85 listed companies, or about 3 per cent of the total, had failed to comply, according to HKEX.