Across the world still less than 15 percent of board seats are held by women. In Australia, pressure is now being applied by the ASX and by some investor organisations for companies to achieve a 40 percent female board member target.

To explore board diversity and whether it really does matter, we talk to Dr Danika Wright from the Discipline of Finance at the University of Sydney Business School.

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