The 2022 report marks the second year Ascend Foundation, Ascend Pinnacle and KPMG Board Leadership Center have conducted this first-of-its-kind series focused on Asians on corporate boards. The inaugural report noted that in 2020, 72 percent of Fortune 1000 companies did not have an Asian director represented in their boardroom. The 2022 report based on data from 2021 shows only a negligible improvement: 69 percent of public Fortune 1000 companies still do not have an Asian on their board. In the case of F100 companies, the percentage of companies that still do not have any Asians on their boards has remained essentially unchanged (58 percent in 2020 compared to 57 percent in 2021).

The Ascend A-List Awards Gala will be held on June 27th at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The 2022 A-List Awards highlight the power of resilient, impactful, and courageous leadership of accomplished and exemplary leaders during a time when anti-Asian hate continues and the nation emerges from the global pandemic.