• Japanese companies without any female directors included telecom operator SoftBank Group Corp., Nintendo Co., Uniqlo-parent Fast Retailing Co. and 7-Eleven owner Seven & I Holdings. | BLOOMBERG
    Japanese companies without any female directors included telecom operator SoftBank Group Corp., Nintendo Co., Uniqlo-parent Fast Retailing Co. and 7-Eleven owner Seven & I Holdings. | BLOOMBERG
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BANGKOK/SINGAPORE – The “old boys club” in the boardroom is alive and well — and most prevalent among the biggest Japanese and Chinese companies.

French businesses meanwhile offer the most gender diversity on their boards of directors, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the boards of the world’s 500 largest companies by market value.

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