‘30% Club’ Comes to Turkey for More Women in Executive Boards

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Sabancı University Corporate Management Forum has launched the campaign of the 30% Club in Turkey.

The 30% Club launched as a campaign in the UK in 2010 with a goal of achieving a minimum of 30% women on FTSE-100 boards.

İstanbul Stock Exchange Executive Board Chair Himmet Karadağ, 30% Club Council of Turkey Chair and Akkök Holding CEO Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü, Member of the UK Board of the Big Lottery Fund Elizabeth Passey and 30% Club Committee of Steering Turkey Chair and Sabancı University Corporate Management Forum Director Dr. Melsa Arar each delivered a speech in the meeting hosted by İstanbul Stock Exchange.

Founding President of the 30% Club, Helena Morissey in a video message she sent stressed that gender equality on executive boards is not a matter of woman but an approach to transform business culture.

Woman rate on boards has increased to 27% from 12%

Passey told the 30% Club started in England in 2010.

Currently the figure stands at 27% up from 12.5%. This figure is 14.2% in Turkey.

The campaign aims to increase the figure to 30% by 2020.