DFM | ADX | Total UAE | |
No. companies | 48 | 67 | 115 |
No. companies that have women on board | 24 | 44 | 68 |
% companies with women on board | 50.0% | 65.7% | 59.1% |
Total no. board seats | 353 | 515 | 868 |
Total no. board seats held by women | 29 | 48 | 77 |
% women on UAE listed boards | 8.2% | 9.3% | 8.9% |
No. companies with 20% or more women on board | 8 | 11 | 19 |
% all companies with 20% or more women | 16.7% | 16.4% | 16.5% |
Company | Symbol | Exchange | % of women on board |
Amanat | AMANAT | DFM | 33% |
Al Khazna Insurance Company | AKIC | ADX | 29% |
Emirates Steel Arkan Group | EMSTEEL | ADX | 29% |
SHUAA | SHUAA | DFM | 29% |
Ras Al Khaimah Company for White Cement & Construction Materials | RAKWCT | ADX | 25% |
Dubai Financial Market | DFM | DFM | 22% |
Methaq Takaful Insurance Company | METHAQ | ADX | 22% |
Apex Group | APEX | ADX | 20% |
Alpha Dhabi Holding | ALPHADHABI | ADX | 20% |
AMAN Insurance | AMAN | DFM | 20% |
Du | DU | DFM | 20% |
Emirates Driving Company | DRIVE | ADX | 20% |
Emirates Islamic Bank | DFM | 20% | |
International Holding Company | IHC | ADX | 20% |
Multiply Group | MULTIPLY | ADX | 20% |
Orient Insurance | ORIENT | DFM | 20% |
Orient UNB Takaful | OUTFL | DFM | 20% |
Ras Al Khaimah Poultry and Feeding Company | RAPCO | ADX | 20% |
Ras Al Khaimah National Insurance Company | RAKNIC | ADX | 20% |
The Hope (Amal) mission orbited Mars last month, making the UAE only the fifth country to ever reach the Red Planet and the first Arab nation to do so. If we can make it to Mars, we can get to 20 percent female representation on company boards, writes Aurora50’s Diana Wilde.
Natasha Hannoun, head of debt at asset management and investment banking firm Shuaa Capital in Dubai, and board director of Pure Harvest Smart Farms, on her path to company boards.
A new report shows that 6.7 percent of CEO positions in the UAE are held by women, higher than the global average of five percent.