Claire Braund - Women on Boards - The Gender Balance in Global Sport Report – An overview

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Report Purpose

1.  Create the inaugural publicly available dataset on the number of women serving on sports governing bodies.

2.  Set a benchmark from which to drive improvements in the number of women on sports governing bodies.

3.  Highlight the importance of gender balance in improved governance and risk management prac6ces for sports bodies.

Comprehensive Dataset •  128 of the 204 NaAonal Olympic CommiDees

•  54 Commonwealth Games AssociaAons from the 71 parAcipaAng members of the Commonwealth

•  30 Paralympic CommiDees for Commonwealth and Olympic Sports

•  34 InternaAonal Sports FederaAons •  14 Paralympic InternaAonal Sports FederaAons

•  Olympic and Commonwealth sports bodies in Australia, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

•  Paralympic sports bodies in Australia, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

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Commonwealth Games Country AssociaAons (54)

Paralympic Sports FederaAons (14)

InternaAonal Sports FederaAons (34)

NaAonal Paralympic CommiDees (30)

NaAonal Olympic CommiDees (128)

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Volleyball Rugby Bocca Curling Sailing Basketball Tennis Table Tennis

Archery Triathalon Blind Sports

Wheelchair Sports

Intellectual Disability

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% male and female board members of Paralympic sports boards

Report Recommendations

• Mandate governance processes and Ae compliance to funding outcomes.

•  Independent directors with mandated terms of office for all board members.

• Disclose gender balance on Olympic sports boards. •  Lead by example – the IOC and other top level bodies to set gender targets for their boards and commiDees.

• Disclose the funding provided to male and female athletes. • Review the process for elec6on for the IOC to include independent nominaAons. Include the IOC Women’s Commission as one of these.

Governance is critical

“Sport leaders face a criAcal yet long overdue strategic decision in properly equipping their sports for future development. How they decide to respond to the challenge will determine whether their teams will win or lose the future game” Michael Pedersen, former Head of the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corrup=on Ini=a=ve

Australia is leading

“Confidence in the leadership capacity and capability of sports — parAcularly in relaAon to management, governance, internal controls and business systems — is acknowledged as being criAcal. Sports will be required to demonstrate good leadership, governance and administraAon as part of the annual investment and review process.” Australian Sports Commission Policy Statement: Na=onal Spor=ng Organisa=ons (NSOs) Governance – Mandatory Requirements for ASC large partner NSOs

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Sport England Sport Northern Ireland sportscotland UK Sport Sport Wales

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Key UK Sports Funding Bodies + The Australian Sports Commission

National Rugby League

“Culturally the game has to keep shiding to reflect the community we represent. The best teams I have ever worked with have had a balance of men and women in the most senior roles. So we must have more women in every area of our game if we are to deliver effecAve leadership and have wider appeal. That includes Boards, senior execuAve roles, and key posiAons in our clubs and State Leagues. In fact, our new governance reforms will require clubs to have women on their Boards as part of the minimum standards.” Dave Smith, CEO Australian Rugby League Commission, 2014

Tahmina Kohistani from Afghanistan

Patricia Forsythe   ExecuAve Director, Sydney Business Chamber   Non-‐ExecuAve Director

o  Business Events Sydney o  Cricket NSW o  DesAnaAon NSW o  Hunter Development CorporaAon

  Former MP in NSW

@womenonboards #genderinsport

Marina Go   GM of Hearst brands at Bauer Media.   Chair of the Wests Tigers NRL club   Director of Odyssey House   Advisory boards of The Walkley FoundaAon, The

Remarkables Group and Women's Agenda.


Mark Anderson   CEO Swimming Australia   Former CEO Hockey Australia   Former Chief Commercial Officer @ Essendon


Panel Discussion


Why shouldn't boards comprise at least 50% women? What are the challenges in gaining greater representaAon of women in the boardroom? MeeAng targets and quotas Governance and reporAng issues