golden skirt

English

Noun

golden skirt (plural golden skirts)

1. (business, informal) A woman who is a director on several boards.
   • 2013, Silke Machold, Morten Huse, Katrin Hansen, Getting Women on to Corporate Boards, page 73:

     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'.

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

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