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June 28, 2023

Startup boards are still a boys' club — 45% have no female representation

A lack of female board members can have a negative impact on the number of women at executive level too, shows a new report

Boards are the primary governing body of any organisation, setting strategy and signing off on key decisions. But despite their importance, in startups they’re still mostly a boys’ club. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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