Recently KPMG, a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services has promoted 2 women about to go on maternity leave. This is an unusual move within the corporate industry, as children have traditionally been viewed as a barrier to moving up the corporate ladder.
Could promoting women while pregnant be the solution to getting more women on boards and improving overall statistics for women in leadership roles?
Angela Priestly, journalist for the online publication ‘Women’s Agenda’ finds out in her most recent article below:
PROMOTING PREGNANT WOMEN TO PARTNER: KPMG SETS A GREAT EXAMPLE
There’s a major problem facing ambitious women in law and accounting firms.
Many women approach the partner level just as they approach another major milestone in life: having children.
It’s not the only reason, but at least one of the reasons why the number of female partners in professional firms tends to be well below that of the number of male partners — often averaging less than 20%.
So this week’s news that KPMG has not only promoted a record number of female partners, but also a record number of women who’re working flexibly and/or on or about to take maternity leave, is certainly positive.
KPMG has appointed 51 new partners and executive directors, 19 of them are women. That’s 37%, up from 24% last year.
Two women have been promoted to partner while on, or about to take maternity leave. As the Financial Review reports, 35-year-old Courtney West is expected to give birth to her first child at the end of July, the same month she officially commences as partner. She said she always believed having a child could fit with her partner ambitions with the firm and plans to take six months maternity leave. Another five of the new […]
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