June issue editorial by GUV editor Thierry Heles.

There are more people in a position of power in the US – chief executives, senators and the like – named John than there are women, according to a recent analysis by the New York Times. If that sounds familiar, it is because these kinds of statement have been true for years.

In 2015, for example, an analysis by the Guardian showed that CEOs called John, or Jean, outnumbered female chief executives by 17 to seven in FTSE100 companies. The…