Evaluating the representation of women in the M&A industry

Is M&A still a male dominated industry? Back in its 2011 article, Reuters referred to M&A as a “man’s game”. They found that only 15% of executives and senior level managers in US investment banking and securities dealing industries were women. A 2011 survey found that 83% of female finance executives perceived the glass-ceiling to be a very real and prevalent factor preventing them from moving forward. Further there were a small number of women graduating from business schools choosing to enter the financing and accounting market – nearly half the number of the men in the recruitment process. As of 2016, the representation of women in M&A was improving but still dubbed “sparse” by a Forbes report. The number of CEO positions on the Fortune 500 list rose from 2.2% in 2011 to 5% in 2016. The report found that there was no longer a shortage of women in entry level M&A positions, but the hurdle was in moving up the chain. In…

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