Women are still under -represented at local companies on the executive floors. The management of the largest companies in 2025 is still in the hands of men, of the current ‘women’. Management. Report “from the Chamber of Labor (AK). It looks better on the supervisory councils of large and listed companies: since the introduction of a binding quota of 30 percent 2018, the share of female control agencies has increased from 22.4 to 38 percent.
Of the 200 largest companies in Austria with a total of 610 management positions, 86.2 percent are eliminated by men. Among the top 200 companies, only 29 have a minimum participation of 40 percent women in management.
A higher ratio in the state -related companies
According to the AK report, women are particularly under -represented in the board of directors of listed companies. Of the 218 board members, only 28 – and therefore 12.8 percent – are women. And in 10 of the 69 stock market companies, the supervisory board and the board are a male domain.
Only 15.5 percent of the management positions are female for ATX companies. Austria, however, is far below in international comparison. Because only Luxembourg is 10 percent among Europe, while the EU average is almost a quarter (24.7 percent). The share of women in German Dax companies is 25.7 percent.
It looks better in this country with the state -related companies: the proportion of women in the supervisory boards is 51.4 percent. And 22.4 percent of managing directors are in the hands of women.
Austria is far from international
In the worldwide gender gorge of the World Economic Forum, Austria only reaches 67th place in the issue of economic participation of women among 146 countries. If you compare the income, Austria will be in 97th place.
The situation could improve with the implementation of the EU directive “to guarantee a balanced representation of women and men among the director: listed companies and related measures”. After initiating a breach of contract, since the directive has not yet been implemented in national law, a draft has now been sent to the assessment, the AK noted.
Source: Krone
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