The Allbright Foundation’s September 2020 report “Germany’s Special Path: The share of Women on DAX executive boards declines during the crisis” found that of the 30 largest companies in Germany, the share of women on executive boards was just 12,8%! In a comparison of the proportion of women on the executive boards of leading companies in Germany, France, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden and the US, Germany comes last. Germany is also the only one of the compared countries without a single female CEO among the 30 largest publicly traded companies and the only country where not a single company reaches a proportion of 30 percent women on the executive boards. It can be argued that this sobering statistic is reflective of the broader issue of women in all industries, lacking in leading positions and furthermore, highlighting the need for more research around music specific contexts to tackle industry specific barriers. How can we expect this change to filter top down if we do not see boards, CEOs and decision making positions filled to reflect the gender ratio of society as a whole?

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