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Unusual among the biggest companies in APAC , New Zealand has three women leading the top ten largest listed companies
WRITTEN BY : KATE BIRCH
What is instantly apparent about the CEOs leading New Zealand ’ s ten largest companies is the number of women within its ranks .
While still only three , female representation among the leading listed firms in NZ is higher than many other countries across Asia-Pacific ( and the world ), including neighbour Australia – which , since the abrupt departure of Fortescue Metals CEO Fiona Hicks in August , has just two women leading its ten largest companies . As for Asia , you would be hard pressed to find one woman among the ten largest listed companies . While Singapore ( OCBC ’ s Helen Wong ) and China ( Ping An ’ s Jessica Tan ) each have one – India , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Japan , Malaysia , South Korea and Taiwan are all without .
With three women at the helm of New Zealand ’ s top five largest companies , including its largest , Xero , the country continues to be positively progressive .
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