Seeking German Women for Boardrooms as Quotas Near
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Time is running out for Ulrich Lehner, the supervisory board chairman of German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG, as lawmakers prepare to enforce female quotas in corporate boardrooms.
The number of women on the board that oversees ThyssenKrupp’s executives is set to rise to four of a total 20 after a shareholder meeting today, short of the 30 percent minimum that will be required. Starting in 2016, more than 100 of the country’s biggest listed companies will be forced to choose women when filling vacant supervisory board seats to reach the threshold. This year, smaller firms must set their own targets and publicize plans to achieve these.