executive level shows a slightly higher 3.4 Senior executive management proportion of (non-chief executive ‘C-suite’) non-European representation than at the Of the 2118 senior executives and CEO and equivalent level (5.0 per cent compared to equivalents (non-chief executive officers) 2.7 per cent). However, this does not indicate identified in this study, we find that 75.7 per that there is a solid pipeline for non-European cent have an Anglo-Celtic background, 18.9 leadership. When compared to the non- per cent have a European proportion of the general European background, 5.0 per cent have a non- European background, and 0.4 per cent Australian population (21 per cent), 5.0 per cent indicates a very low level of have an Indigenous background. representation. Cultural representation at this senior Table 5: Cultural Backgrounds of Senior Executive Management (non-chief executive ‘C-suite’) Percentage Percentage over/ Percentage of of Australian under-representation Cultural background Number senior leaders population (+/-) Anglo-Celtic 1604 75.7 58 +17.7 European 399 18.9 18 +0.9 Non-European 106 5.0 21 -16.0 Asian 70 3.3 Middle-Eastern and 20 0.9 Northern African Other Non-European 16 0.8 background Indigenous 9 0.4 3 -2.6 TOTAL 2118 Figure 4: Cultural Backgrounds of Senior Executive Management Percentage of senior (C-suite) leaders 5.0 Anglo-Celtic European 75.7 Non-European Indigenous
3.4 Senior executive management (non-chief executive ‘C-suite’) Of the 2118 senior executives and equivalents (non-chief executive officers) identified in this study, we find that 75.7 per cent have an Anglo-Celtic background, 18.9 per cent have a European background, 5.0 per cent have a non- European background, and 0.4 per cent have an Indigenous background. Cultural representation at this senior executive level shows a slightly higher proportion of non-European representation than at the CEO and equivalent level (5.0 per cent compared to 2.7 per cent). However, this does not indicate that there is a solid pipeline for non-European leadership. When compared to the non- European proportion of the general Australian population (21 per cent), 5.0 per cent indicates a very low level of representation. Table 5: Cultural Backgrounds of Senior Executive Management (non-chief executive ‘C-suite’) Cultural background Number Percentage of senior leaders Percentage of Australian population Percentage over/ under-representation (+/-) Anglo-Celtic 1604 75.7 58 +17.7 European 399 18.9 18 +0.9 Non-European 106 5.0 21 -16.0 Asian 70 3.3 Middle-Eastern and Northern African 20 0.9 Other Non-European background 16 0.8 Indigenous 9 0.4 3 -2.6 TOTAL 2118 Figure 4: Cultural Backgrounds of Senior Executive Management Percentage of senior (C-suite) leaders 5.0 75.7 Anglo-Celtic European Non-European Indigenous