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Few women among Canada's top execs

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Women remain a rarity in the top echelons of corporate Canada. A study from executive search firm Rosenzweig & Co. shows just four of the chief executives at Canada's 100 biggest public companies are women and only 7.4% of the more than 500 senior executive positions at these companies are female, the study concludes.

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Few women among Canada's top execs: study

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Women remain a rarity in the top echelons of corporate Canada, a study from executive search firm Rosenzweig & Co. shows. It found just four of the chief executives at Canada's 100 biggest public companies are women and only 7.4% of the more than 500 senior executives at these companies are women.

The 6th Annual Rosenzweig Report on Women at the Top Levels of Corporate Canada

In the past six years the numbers have risen modestly, however remain well below a reasonable initial target of 20%. This target represents one woman at the most senior level in every Top 100 company and is more consistent with the make-up of the talent pool of corporate officers one level below.