Gender equality in corporate leadership: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2024

This Market Monitor reviews 719 Eastern European and Central Asian companies and groups them by primary listing venue, and provides exchanges, regulators and policy makers with the state of gender equality in the leadership positions of companies listed on their markets. 

Key highlights include:

1. On average, women hold 20% of board seats, 13% of board chair positions, 7% of CEO and 38% of CFO positions across the region.
2. The Bratislava Stock Exchange (Slovakia) leads the group with 33% of board seats held by women. The Bratislava Stock Exchange also leads for the highest percentage of corporate boards chaired by women (43%).
3. The highest percentage representation of women CEOs in the group of markets analyzed is found
   on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange with 16%, followed closely by the Bulgarian Stock Exchange with 15%. Among Kazakhstan Stock Exchange issuers, 75% of all CFO positions are held by women.
4. All-male boards persist as a significant proportion in all of the markets in the region; every market
   analyzed has 25% or more all-male boards and 3 markets have more than 50% all-male boards.