PLCs with no women directors to be named and shamed

Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Najib Razak has served notice that public-listed companies (PLCs) that are slow to appoint women to their boards can expect to be publicly embarrassed next year under a name-and-shame campaign.

The government is upping the ante in an attempt to achieve its target of having women in 30 per cent of the seats on PLC boards - up from the current 16.8 per cent.

Mr Najib, speaking after attending a National Women's Day celebration on Monday, said: "I have is…