New Times,
New Thinking.

  1. Business
15 August 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“Chess, bridge, poker – women come absolutely nowhere”

Stuart Wheeler: business quote of the day.

By Helen Roxburgh

“Chess, bridge, poker – women come absolutely nowhere.”

Stuart Wheeler argues there shouldn’t be quotas imposed on the number of women on boards because they have “failed” to beat men at sports where physical strength isn’t an issue.

Content from our partners
Artificial intelligence and energy security
Radioactive waste: Britain's challenge
Wayne Robertson: "The science is clear on the need for carbon capture"

Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month