The third annual Africa.com Definitive List of Women Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has named Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, and Miriam Chidiebele Olusanya, Managing Director, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, among the top 10 list, according to a statement.
Both banks are listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).
The statement said the list, revealed yesterday, is unique because it is based on data-driven research, includes 40 women from South Africa, 12 from Nigeria, and 6 from Egypt, Ghana and Kenya respectively..
“Sponsored by Standard Bank Group, it represents one of the first analyses of the performance of publicly listed companies in Africa conducted through a gender lens.
“This year’s list of 93 women represents 17 countries who have qualified based on either large-scale revenue or large-scale market capitalisation.”
Sponsored by Standard Bank Group, it represents one of the first analyses of the performance of publicly listed companies in Africa conducted through a gender lens.
Africa.com said it analysed 2,020 companies listed on 24 African stock exchanges. Of the 2,020 companies, Africa.com screened for those companies with revenue of $100 million or more, or a market cap of $150 million or more, which yielded a list of 787 companies.
The statement continued: “The public websites of all 787 companies were examined to identify female C-suite executives. The team then researched each woman to determine those who have a title of chief executive officer or managing director or president AND conducted a review to confirm that these executives have bottom line, profit and loss responsibility for the companies. This resulted in 40 women CEOs on group 1.
“The methodology for group 2 is identical to the methodology for Group 1, except that the entities evaluated were the divisions of the 787 companies, such that the divisions themselves have standalone revenue of $100 million or more.
“The women running these divisions must have a title that clearly demonstrates that they are the chief executive with profit and loss responsibility for the division. This analysis yielded 28 women division heads.
“Group 3 started with an analysis of global corporations with revenue over $10 billion who have operations in one or more countries on the African continent.
“The regional heads of these companies were analysed to identify women executives for an Africa region or an African country, with profit and loss responsibility for the country or region. This analysis yielded 25 women. Women in this group are ranked by prioritizing those who run the Africa region ahead of those who run a single African country.”
