Blokes club still rules in corporate Australia but gender gap narrowing - Chief Executive Women president Kathryn Fagg

Women still lag men in top executive roles in corporate Australia despite an improved diversity snapshot released today.

The annual survey of Australia's top 200 companies by Chief Executive Women (CEW) shows the blokes club still rules with 93 percent of chief executive positions held by men.

While CEW has declared a "tipping point" towards gender balance, an audit of the ASX 200 shows just 14 female chief executives and 24 chief financial officers slightly up from 2017.

However, the number of companies with no women in their executive leadership teams decreased from 41 in 2017 to 23 in 2018.

CEW president Kathryn Fagg has declared important progress in the attitudes of male-dominated companies with women now comprising 23 percent of executive leadership teams.

Kathryn Fagg speaks with Peter Ryan on AM