Women comprise a third of top managerial posts in Slovak firms

One third of the upper management in the country's biggest firms are women, according to data provided to TASR by the consultancy Bisnode Slovensko on Monday. Women tended to be chiefly involved in the field of human resources (up to 82.5%), followed by the financial sector (56.1%) and marketing (50.7%). Meanwhile, IT sector and general director posts still remained a primarily male domain. A mere 6.6% of women work in top positions in the IT sector, while less than 9 percent of general director posts in Slovak firms are occupied by women. "Women's representation in managerial posts in Slovakia has been gradually growing; however, it still fails to achieve the EU average even though several studies show that having women in management contributes to the stability and profitability of companies," said Bisnode analyst Petra Štěpánová.