STU - Steel & Tube Holdings

[Balance]

.......she sure has some solid credentials behind her Balance. Maybe she's got bigger #alls too (when it comes to deal making) than some of the male directors so lets give her a chance. If and when the takeover remerges (will be sooner than later at these low SPs IMHO) then her commercial experience could come in very handed to negotiate a deal??

No snowball chance in hell of a takeover now that the Aussie has a 20% blocking stake.

I am happy to invest and still hold STU as a recovery play - just not happy with the PC bull-dust these days of gender neutrality at board and management level.

The current chairwoman has not done a good job, that's for sure.

[GR8DAY]

......but she might be good looking too? (oops)

[winner69]

https://www.nzx.com/announcements/364832

Bloody waste of space to appoint another director just because she is female imo.

This company desperately needs real industry & commercial experienced directors.

No happy.

Should ‘dilute’ the Fletcher thinking on the Board ...too many ex Fletcher people to be healthy

[winner69]

That new director ...and she has a good name as well

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[BlackPeter]

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The current chairwoman has not done a good job, that's for sure.

True, but I can give you for any chairwoman who did a bad job ten chairmen who underperformed much worse. Based on this statistics - why are their still people around who think that appointing men to board positions might be a good idea? Terrible performers.

Same in many other jobs. Given that the most disgusting and filthy US president of all times is male - how could anybody ever think about picking a male for a politician? Given that Trump is a male, they all must be disgusting crooks and liars, aren't they?

I hope you realize that your argument is non sensical but very sexist.

Sure, in any job there are some people who do a very good job, some people people who do a very bad job and a lot of people who do a mediocre job. No matter whether the job entails emptying rubbish bins, sitting around board tables or running a company or a country. The sex of these people has nothing to do with the quality of the job they are doing ... so maybe just give her the benefit of the doubt, as you would give as well anybody with a member between their legs ...

And yes - the STU board underperformed for some time now. Oops - aren't they mainly men?

[GR8DAY]

True, but I can give you for any chairwoman who did a bad job ten chairmen who underperformed much worse. Based on this statistics - why are their still people around who think that appointing men to board positions might be a good idea? Terrible performers.

Same in many other jobs. Given that the most disgusting and filthy US president of all times is male - how could anybody ever think about picking a male for a politician? Given that Trump is a male, they all must be disgusting crooks and liars, aren't they?

I hope you realize that your argument is non sensical but very sexist.

Sure, in any job there are some people who do a very good job, some people people who do a very bad job and a lot of people who do a mediocre job. No matter whether the job entails emptying rubbish bins, sitting around board tables or running a company or a country. The sex of these people has nothing to do with the quality of the job they are doing ... so maybe just give her the benefit of the doubt, as you would give as well anybody with a member between their legs ...

And yes - the STU board underperformed for some time now. Oops - aren't they mainly men?

.......well put BP and couldnt agree more (esp the CHUMP referencing)!!

[Balance]

.......well put BP and couldnt agree more (esp the CHUMP referencing)!!

What a load of PC claptrap.

Which part of this is sexist :

"This company desperately needs real industry & commercial experienced directors."

I would have written the same comment if they appointed a male accountant or lawyer as director.

[mfd]

What a load of PC claptrap.

Which part of this is sexist :

"This company desperately needs real industry & commercial experienced directors."

I would have written the same comment if they appointed a male accountant or lawyer as director.

It may be the other part of your post that is the issue:

"Bloody waste of space to appoint another director just because she is female imo"

The underlying sexism is the assumption that a woman rising to board level does so because of her sex rather than her abilities. White men face no such assumptions.

[Balance]

It may be the other part of your post that is the issue:

"Bloody waste of space to appoint another director just because she is female imo"

The underlying sexism is the assumption that a woman rising to board level does so because of her sex rather than her abilities. White men face no such assumptions.

Fair enough but I think it is fairly obvious that this gender diversity PC mumbo jumbo is why the new director is a 'she' rather than a director with real industry & commercial experience?

We know females do not (at this stage) have much presence in the building & construction industry, just as males (at this stage) do not have much presence in the child care industry.

Horses for courses and all that jazz.

[mfd]

Fair enough but I think it is fairly obvious that this gender diversity PC mumbo jumbo is why the new director is a 'she' rather than a director with real industry & commercial experience?

We know females do not (at this stage) have much presence in the building & construction industry, just as males (at this stage) do not have much presence in the child care industry.

Horses for courses and all that jazz.

You may think so, yet remarkably the board of EVO is entirely male. The issue is clearly a little more complicated, but it's safe to say that posts like your original one do not help things. I'm sure our new board member will perform at least as well as the existing (mostly male) members have done, although this is not a big ask.

https://www.evolveeducation.co.nz/in...board-members/