2020 Fortune Global 500 list hits all time diversity low

12/08/2020

The 2020 Fortune Global 500 List, released on 10 August, shows that woman run just 13 out of the 500 top companies globally - one less than last year. And this year is the first year since 2014, when the data was first collected, in which zero women of colour made the list.

This is particulary pertinent given the list ranks companies by size across the global economy.

Companies with a female CEO:

40 General Motors, USA - Mary Barra (ranked 40/500)
68 Anthem (health insurance), USA - Gail Boudreaux
88 Aviva UK - Amanda Blanc
129 United parcel service, USA - Carol Tome'
159 Engie, France - Claire Waysand
248 ThyssenKrupp, Germany - Martina Merz
275 Best Buy, USA - Corie Barry
279 Accenture, Ireland - Julie Sweet
282 GlaxoSmithKline, UK - Emma Walmsley
314 Oracle, USA - Safra Catz
317 General Dynamics, USA, Phebe N. Novakovic
323 Progressive, USA, Susan Patricia Griffith
368 Nortrob Grumman, USA, Kathy J. Warden

Australian companies making the list:

none have a female CEO

260 Woolworths Group (ranked 260/500)
261 BHP Group
407 Coles Group
416 Commonwealth Bank
491Westpac