schillingreport 2025 – Transparency at the Top

The Executive and Supervisory Boards of the largest Swiss Companies and the Public Sector

At the media conference on Thursday, February 27, 2025, we presented the latest facts and development trends from the management and boards of the largest Swiss employers to members of the media. In addition to the private sector, data from the public sector was also evaluated and compared for the ninth time.

For 20 years, the schillingreport has been analysing the composition of executive boards and, for the past 15 years, of supervisory boards of the 100 largest Swiss employers. During this time, the share of women in executive boards has increased from 4% in 2006 to currently 22%, and in supervisory boards from 10% in 2010 to 33% today. In 2006, not a single company had at least 30% women in its executive board, whereas today, 31 companies have reached this mark. Only 23 companies currently have no women in their executive board, compared to 88 in 2006. This greater diversity is also reflected in lower management levels and is expanding the Gender-Diversity-Pipeline. At the same time, executive boards are composed increasingly international.

The schillingreport has been collecting data on the composition of the executive boards and boards of directors of the approximately 100 largest Swiss employers since 2006. The analyses show how these bodies have developed over the last 20 years, with a special focus on gender diversity and the proportion of foreigners on the executive floors. For the eight time, the schillingreport compares the management bodies of the private sector with those of public administrations, as well as the gender diversity pipeline.

The schillingreport ensures transparency at the top and has established itself as a recognised instrument for regular stocktaking and time series analysis of the Swiss framing sector.