Corporate Italy Lacks Female CEOs, Stock Exchange Head Warns
'Last year we probably reached the lowest level of female CEOs leading listed companies at Milan's Stock Exchange,' said Claudia Parzani, chairman of Euronext NV 's Borsa Italiana SpA, at the Bloomberg New Voices event on Tuesday.
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