World’s biggest corporations chose men to lead in the pandemic
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2023
World’s biggest corporations chose men to lead in the pandemic

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TBS Report
21 November, 2020, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 21 November, 2020, 04:26 pm

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World’s biggest corporations chose men to lead in the pandemic

Since the beginning of the pandemic only 3% of the chief executive officers picked by the world's largest companies have been women

TBS Report
21 November, 2020, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 21 November, 2020, 04:26 pm
Representational Image. Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Image
Representational Image. Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Image

The biggest companies of the world seem to have chosen men for the leadership roles during global coronavirus pandemic.

Women and other underrepresented groups have been at greater risk of career setbacks and unemployment during the pandemic because they hold a larger share of the jobs hurt by lockdowns and other restrictions, Bloomberg reported.

Women also were more likely to quit their jobs to care for children because of school shutdowns or lack of child care. Some economists are calling the economic downturn the first female recession, reversing much of the workplace progress women have made during the past decade.

Since March 11, when the World Health Organization designated Covid-19 as a pandemic, only 3% of the chief executive officers picked by the world's largest companies have been women, according an analysis to be released Thursday by executive recruiter Heidrick & Struggles.

In the six months before that, women were winning four times as many of the jobs at the 965 largest companies around world. The study didn't consider race or ethnicity.

A big reason that more men were picked for the top job is that companies now are more likely to pick a new leader who has already served as CEO, a role dominated by men. Women now hold only about 6% of the CEO jobs at S&P 500 companies.

The number of new CEOs appointed also fell since the pandemic began, with 30 new leaders among the largest companies in 20 global markets from March to the end of June, compared with 45 in the same period a year ago. Companies also were more likely to pick men to fill the CEO job after the global financial crisis in 2008, but the shift was less pronounced, Heidrick found. 

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