The ranks of women general counsel in the Fortune 500 continued to grow in 2017, particularly in the financial services industry, though it remains more male-dominated than other sectors.
Of the 86 financial services companies in the Fortune 500, 11 hired new general counsel in 2017. Six of those were women, according to Cynthia Dow, head of the legal officers practice at executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.
“It moved the needle quite significantly,” Dow told Big Law Business. She’s been recording data on new GC appointments since 2011.
The six women who took over financial services legal departments in ...
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