The composition of company boards has been a contentious topic for decades, with many taking exception to the dominance of older males in boardrooms the world over.
A new report, the result of a two-year study by the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) in collaboration with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), the Graca Machel Trust-Kenya Chapter and Barclays Bank, shows that boards of listed firms in Kenya are more diverse compared to global and African averages.The balance, however, is still heavily skewed in favour of older men.
