Board Monitor 2025: Market insights from Asia Pacific & the Middle East

CEO & Board of Directors

Board Monitor 2025: Market insights from Asia Pacific & the Middle East

Explore the latest data and trends in board appointments to public company boards in Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
May 29, 2025
Heidrick & Struggles

About the research

This analysis is part of Heidrick & Struggles’ long-standing study of trends in board composition in countries around the world. Produced by our global CEO & Board of Directors Practice, these reports track and analyze trends in non-executive director appointments to the boards of the largest publicly listed companies in Australia (ASX 200), Belgium (BEL 20), Brazil (BOVESPA), Canada (TSX 60), Colombia (COLCAP), Denmark (OMX Copenhagen 25), Finland (OMX Helsinki 25), France (CAC 40), Germany (DAX and MDAX), Hong Kong (Hang Seng), Ireland (ISEQ), Italy (FTSE MIB), India (Nifty Top 200), Kenya (NSE 20), Mexico (BMV IPC), the Netherlands (AEX), New Zealand (NZX 10), Norway (OBX), Poland (WIG20), Portugal (PSI 20), Saudi Arabia (Tadawul), Singapore (STI 30), South Africa (JSE Top 40), South Korea (KOSPI 50), Spain (IBEX 35), Sweden (OMX Stockholm 30), Switzerland (SMI Expanded), the United Arab Emirates (ADX and DFM), the United Kingdom (FTSE 350), and the United States (Fortune 500). Information about executives is gathered from publicly available sources, BoardEx, and a Heidrick & Struggles proprietary database.

This year’s report tracks appointments made between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024.

This year’s Board Monitor reports include data on 2024 appointees to the boards of companies across 29 markets. The first available data in our series is for those of KOSPI 50 companies in Korea. 

Other markets in this region forthcoming include Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

This data includes the number of seats filled, average age at appointment, education information, gender, prior C-suite and public board experience, as well as other experience and expertise.

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Board Monitor 2025 Korea

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KOSPI 50 board appointments in 2024

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