‘Diverse talent shouldn’t be seen as risky’: A snapshot of the 2024 Board Diversity Index

The new national diversity and representation report has been released, celebrating improvements, while highlighting gaps in the makeup of Australia’s corporate boards.

Standing as “the only national report” that analyses diversity and representation for ASX300 boards in Australia, the 2024 Watermark Search International/Governance Institute of Australia Board Diversity Index has revealed that there hasn’t been significant change in boards.

As Watermark Search International’s managing partner, David Evans, writes in the report’s introduction, boards are “still mostly ‘stale, male and pale’.”