Increasingly organizations are recognizing the benefits of gender balanced leadership -access to a wider talent pool, improved decision making and the potential for increased performance. This is reflected in the milestone achieved this year with over 10% of top executive roles filled by women compared with 4.6% in 2006 when the Rosenweig Report started. But this is still too low and there is a huge gender gap in leadership which needs to be closed. We need to accelerate progress in order to reap the rewards of women’s leadership in contributing to economic and societal advancement.

–	Dr. Anino Emuwa, Founder, Avandis Consulting & Founder, 100 Women @ Davos