With Women Needed At Highest Levels Of Brokerage, Pressure Is On To Build The Talent Pipeline

The country’s biggest commercial brokerages are under mounting pressure to appoint women to their boards, as investors, communities — and sometimes lawmakers — increasingly demand to see gender diversity in companies’ upper echelons.

Now, the looming challenge will be making sure there is a strong talent pipeline of women to fill these roles, and the industry is being urged to start addressing the issue now.