Credentials and capability should be centre stage in the workplace, not gender, says Valli Arunachalam.

He added that Goldman has the opportunity to make good use of its network to help clients place women on boards.

A government-backed group in Singapore is using the name-and-shame approach to boost executive level gender diversity within organizations. According to a report by Bloomberg, after discovering that some 38 of Singapore’s 100 biggest companies had entirely male boards, two years ago the Diversity Action Committee (DAC) began a well-publicized biannual ranking of firms based on gender representation. […]

Globally, there is a lot of stress on reaching gender equality at the board level in the corporate sector. To analyze the progress, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) compiled a report which concluded that a board with men and women alike represents a company better. It has proved to identify with its customers and […]