Governance & Diversity

Just three of the 30 constituents on Singapore’s blue-chip barometer are chaired by women

A pivot from institutional hierarchy to emotional proximity could reshape politics in global cities such as New York and Singapore

Much of their time is spent appeasing and aligning competing forces

The city-state has pioneered systematic governance across time dimensions that enables proactive rather than reactive policy approaches

Consider building more age-diverse corporate leadership teams to better serve stakeholders

What matters are profits, financial prudence, shareholder treatment and ethics 

Diversity goes beyond pure demographics and can’t just be a box-ticking exercise

The changes reflect both global and local trends, such as expanding the traditional shareholder-centric view to cover more stakeholders

Big-cap companies with market capitalisations of more than S$1 billion outperform mid- and small-cap firms