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Board Monitor 2025: Interactive data dashboard
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Read other articles in our Board Monitor series, including our insights on board refreshment and leading across boundaries.
View the Board Monitor seriesHeidrick & Struggles’ annual Board Monitor series is a long-standing study of trends in board composition in markets around the world.
This year’s series will also include a deep dive into board refreshment planning and insights on the increasingly crucial capability of leading across boundaries.
In this interactive presentation of data on the directors appointed to boards in 2024, we have split the data into three categories: class size, which includes the number of board seats filled in 2024 in each market; personal background; and career experience.
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Class size
These two charts include the total number of new board seats filled in each market between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, as well as the share of companies per index with a new director appointed in 2024.
Personal background
These four charts include information on appointees’ gender, nationality, age at appointment, and education. Navigate between the charts by clicking on the left or right arrows.
Career experience
These four charts include information on appointees’ prior C-suite experience, work status, prior public board experience, and other expertise and/or experience. Navigate between the charts by clicking on the left or right arrows and choosing buttons to sort the data within the charts.
About the research
This analysis is part of Heidrick & Struggles’ long-standing study of trends in board composition in countries around the world. Produced by our global CEO & Board of Directors Practice, these reports track and analyze trends in non-executive director appointments to the boards of the largest publicly listed companies in Australia (ASX 200), Belgium (BEL 20), Brazil (BOVESPA), Canada (TSX 60), Colombia (COLCAP), Denmark (OMX Copenhagen 25), Finland (OMX Helsinki 25), France (CAC 40), Germany (DAX and MDAX), Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index), India (NSE Nifty 500), Ireland (ISEQ), Italy (FTSE MIB), Kenya (NSE 20), Korea (KOSPI 50), Mexico (BMV IPC), the Netherlands (AEX), New Zealand (NZX 10), Norway (OBX), Poland (WIG20), Portugal (PSI 20), Saudi Arabia (Tadawul), Singapore (STI 30), South Africa (JSE Top 40), Spain (IBEX 35), Sweden (OMX Stockholm 30), Switzerland (SMI Expanded), the United Arab Emirates (ADX and DFM), the United Kingdom (FTSE 350), and the United States (Fortune 500). Information about executives is gathered from publicly available sources, BoardEx, and a Heidrick & Struggles proprietary database.
This year’s report tracks appointments made between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024.