L to R: Swaran Chand, Maureen Schofield, Peter Ritchie, Karen Farquar, Tania Billington, Natalie Szabo.I he chairman of one of Australia's largest companies, McDonald's Australia Ltd, wants to promote women to 50 per cent of senior executive positions, ev

L to R: Swaran Chand, Maureen Schofield, Peter Ritchie, Karen Farquar, Tania Billington, Natalie Szabo.I he chairman of one of Australia's largest companies, McDonald's Australia Ltd, wants to promote women to 50 per cent of senior executive positions, even if they are not as well qualified.Mr. Peter Ritchie said that he was on a personal crusade to encourage more women to climb to the top of the fast food giant, and if it meant putting women into positions where male candidates were better qualified, "I hate the thought of it, but that's what I'll do". March 15, 1994. (Photo by Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).