"Leadership traits are not gender traits, but men and womenleaders are still perceived differently based on gender," shesaid. "We're always happy when another woman gets appointed CEO,"said Jan Combopiano, Catalyst vice president, referring toMiles, but noted there was room for growth and said companiesand the public still have a ways to go in how they perceivefemale leaders. In a 2008 survey, Catalyst found women held 15.2 percent ofdirectorships at Fortune 500 companies, up slightly from 14.8percent in 2007 and up sharply from 8.7 percent in 1995, whenit first started tracking these trends. Women movinginto management positions were certainly fewer a generation agobut this trend should now continue," said Wood. Many female CEO candidatesentered the workforce about 25 to 30 years ago. "There's a whole generation of highly experiencedexecutives that happen to be women.
Other female CEOs of big publicly traded companies includePatricia Woertz of Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM.N), IndraNooyi of PepsiCo (PEP.N) and Andrea Jung of Avon Products Inc(AVP.N). The group said Miles on Wednesday became the 29th femaleCEO in the Fortune 1000, Fortune Magazine's annual list ofAmerica's largest corporations based on revenue. Wood's colleague, John Thompson, recently placed formerAutodesk Inc (ADSK.O) Chairman and CEO Carol Bartz as the newCEO of Yahoo! Inc (YHOO.O) The top ranks of Fortune 500 and 1000 companies are stilldominated by men, according to Catalyst, a New York-basedwomen's advocacy and research group that tracks women CEOs. Ican't remember a client or director ever saying: Get me a guyor get me a gal," said John Wood, senior consultant forHeidrick & Struggles. It'snever been an issue or obstacle from a gender perspective." Indeed, some recruiters and compensation experts believewomen CEOs are becoming more routine at publicly traded firms "In CEO selection, gender is not much of an issue at all. "Regal's obviously a company that made a decision topromote a female and it says a lot for Mike and the board.
"It's obvious when you look at a room and you're one of thefew females, but hopefully over time that changes," she said. Miles, who has been Regal's CFO since January 2000, saidher gender has never played a role at Regal but noted othercompanies and industries have a ways to go on the issue. "With the industry'sdigital conversion, we believe we have huge upside with respectto 3-D and are in for many exciting things." On June 30, Miles will follow in the CEO footsteps ofCampbell, who founded Regal Cinemas Inc in 1989 and willcontinue as executive chairman of the board. "It's a very exciting time in the industry and for Regal,"Miles told Reuters in an interview. But analysts say the new chief, who worked hand-in-glovewith ex-CEO Mike Campbell, is unlikely to tinker with thecompany's strategy in the short term.
Miles is expected to oversee Regal's continuing digitaltransition that sets the stage in coming years for dozens of3-D films expected to command higher ticket prices. cinema chain RegalEntertainment Group (RGC.N) named Amy Miles CEO on Wednesday,making the 42-year-old former accountant and Regal CFO the 29thwoman to currently head a Fortune 1000 company. * CFO Amy Miles to succeed Mike Campbell as CEO on June 30 Stocks | Global Markets * Campbell to remain executive chairman * David Ownby to become chief financial officer * Miles becomes 29th female CEO of Fortune 1000 companies (Adds comment from analysts, CEO, previous dateline NEW YORK) By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. + Media Relations, Pascal Barollier, +33-(0)4-37-37-50-38,, ; or US MediaRelations, Donna Cary, +1-570-957-0717, ,.
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