Malaysia Ranked Seventh Globally For Senior Positions Held By Women

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - Malaysia is ranked seventh globally for
senior positions held by women with 31 per cent, said 2011 Grant Thornton
International Business Report survey.

In a statement Wednesday, Grant Thornton said globally, women held 20 per
cent of senior management positions last year, down from 24 per cent in 2009,
and up just one per cent from 2004.

In its quarterly survey of Medium to Large Enterprises (MLEs), Grant
Thornton also found that the percentage of MLEs that had no women in their
senior management has increased to 38 per cent compared with 35 per cent in
2009.

SJ Grant Thornton managing partner, N.K. Jasani, said Malaysia's
ranking was most encouraging.

"We are seventh out of the 39 countries surveyed while in Asean, only
Thailand at 45 per cent and Phillipines at 35 per cent are ahead of us," he
said.

Jasani said some economies in the Asia-Pacific were growing fast and
businesses had huge scope to grow and in turn, grew their employees.

"The opportunity for entrepreneur success is also greater in this region and
our data would suggest that these women have taken full advantage of their
growing economy and opportunities," he said.

Meanwhile, India, United Arab Emirates and Japan had fewer than 10 per cent
of senior management positions held by women.