The number of women in top level positions is set to increase significantly in the next five years

The country’s largest company, A.P.Moller-Maersk, has committed to having more female managers within five years.

The company is one of 75 to have signed up to the Gender Equality Ministry’s charter on women in the workplace.

Maria Pejter, head of talent development at Maersk, said 4 percent of the company’s vice presidents were women. The aim was to increase that to 10 percent in the next five years.

Maersk was also aiming to increase the proportion of other high-level managerial positions from 9 to 15 percent. By 2014, every fifth middle manager would be a woman, Pejter said.

She told DR News the targets meant Maersk had to become better at attracting and retaining female employees. The target was no different from any other company target and there would be consequences if it was not met, Pejter added.

Gender Equality Minister Inger Støjberg welcomed the news labelling it a ‘milestone’ in Danish gender equality politics and predicted that other companies would follow suit.