November 27, 2015 9:00am by David Farrar

A huge increase in female top public servants

The number of women in senior leadership roles in the State sector has grown from 16% to 44.2% since 2008, and 38% of current or acting Chief Executives in the Public Service are women – the highest proportion ever

And all without quotas.

the total spend on employing Public Service chief executives has remained similar since 2008/2009 according to two State sector workforce reports released by the State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie today.

Good.