Gender Diversity In Spanish Boardrooms

In Spain, the Comision Nacional de Mercado de Valores (CNMV), has put a series of changes to the corporate governance code of public companies under consultation. This is widely regarded as one of the most relevant proposed amendments relating to gender diversity in boardrooms.

The new proposal is moving from a "mere" recommendation to a "direct" recommendation of a minimum of a 40% presence of females in boardrooms, significantly up from the current 30%. Besides, the CNMV also acknowledges that the current recommendation hasn't been given enough attention by Spanish corporates. To address the issue, the new proposal recommends to include executive selection policies and processes in order to promote diversity of knowledge, experience and gender.