equivalents broadly tracks that of the total Chief executives and equivalents group of 2490 senior leaders in this study, the Of the 372 chief executives and equivalents level identified in this study, we find that 76.9 per of non-European background representation cent of chief executives have an is substantially lower (2.7 per cent compared background, 20.1 per cent have a to European background, and 2.7 per cent 4.7 per cent). There is a combined total of 11 have a European background. There is chief executives who have a non-European or one chief executive who has an Indigenous Indigenous background or 3.0 per cent of – background (0.3 per cent). the total of 372 chief executives. Put another way, 97 per cent of chief executives have an While the pattern of cultural Anglo- Celtic or European background. This is representation within the cohort of chief a dismal statistic for a society that prides itself executives and on its multiculturalism and egalitarianism. Table 2: Cultural Backgrounds of Chief Executives Percentage Percentage over/ Percentage of of Australian under-representation Cultural background Number senior leaders population (+/-) Anglo-Celtic 286 76.9 58 +18.9 European 75 20.1 18 +2.1 Non-European 10 2.7 21 -18.3 Asian 6 1.6 Middle-Eastern and 2 0.55 Northern African Other Non-European 2 0.55 background Indigenous 1 0.3 3 -2.7 Total 372 Figure 3: Cultural Backgrounds of Chief Executives Percentage of chief executives 20 European 2.7 76.9 Non-European Indigenous A
Chief executives and equivalents Of the 372 chief executives and equivalents identified in this study, we find that 76.9 per cent of chief executives have an background, 20.1 per cent have a European background, and 2.7 per cent have a European background. There is one chief executive who has an Indigenous background (0.3 per cent). While the pattern of cultural representation within the cohort of chief executives and equivalents broadly tracks that of the total group of 2490 senior leaders in this study, the level of non-European background representation is substantially lower (2.7 per cent compared to 4.7 per cent). There is a combined total of 11 chief executives who have a non-European or Indigenous background – or 3.0 per cent of the total of 372 chief executives. Put another way, 97 per cent of chief executives have an Anglo- Celtic or European background. This is a dismal statistic for a society that prides itself on its multiculturalism and egalitarianism. Table 2: Cultural Backgrounds of Chief Executives Cultural background Number Percentage of senior leaders Percentage of Australian population Percentage over/ under-representation (+/-) Anglo-Celtic 286 76.9 58 +18.9 European 75 20.1 18 +2.1 Non-European 10 2.7 21 -18.3 Asian 6 1.6 Middle-Eastern and Northern African 2 0.55 Other Non-European background 2 0.55 Indigenous 1 0.3 3 -2.7 Total 372 Figure 3: Cultural Backgrounds of Chief Executives Percentage of chief executives 2.7 76.9 European Non-European Indigenous 20 A