Institutional Shareholder Companies (ISS) is urging Swiss Re buyers to not have Sergio Ermotti re-elected as chair.
A report by the Monetary Times mentioned ISS described Swiss Re’s board as “insufficiently gender-diverse,” with the proxy advisory agency recommending that shareholders of the key reinsurer oppose the board’s proposal to maintain Ermotti’s chairmanship.
Swiss Re, which is holding its annual common assembly (AGM) on April 13, is overseen by a board of administrators made up of 10 males and three ladies.
On March 17, the corporate acknowledged: “Consistent with Swiss Re’s variety, fairness, and inclusion technique, the board of administrators locations a selected significance on growing the proportion of girls in management positions.
“Due to this fact, gender variety performs a key position in all new board appointments. On the 2022 AGM, to additional underline this conviction, the board of administrators will formally decide to growing the feminine illustration at board degree to at the least 30% by the 2023 AGM.”
ISS, nevertheless, maintains its stand, citing years of Swiss Re not assembly the minimal 30% trade benchmark.