golden skirt

plural golden skirts

1. informalbusinessA woman who is a director on several boards.

   Huse (2011) investigated the characteristics of the “golden skirts” and identified four key clusters of well-educated and qualified women entering the boardroom.

   2017, Cathrine Seierstad, Patricia Gabaldon, Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Gender Diversity in the Boardroom, volume 1, page 30

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   Table 12.3 indicates that 'the old boys' network' is replaced by the 'Golden Skirts'. The men with the most board positions are now those who are either themselves investors or investors' representatives, that is, the 'Gold Sacks'.

   2013, Silke Machold, Morten Huse, Katrin Hansen, Getting Women on to Corporate Boards, page 73