(At Last!) Industry News Featuring Women In A Good Light: Microsoft

<p>Recently on Bagogames we have featured numerous news articles which have questioned exactly why companies seem to shun female talent in the video game industry&period; If it isn&&num;8217&semi;t that women are not being paid the same as men it is that they are not being treated equally&comma; unthinkable in our modern day society&period; However&comma; it seems that Microsoft is one of the &&num;8216&semi;good guys&&num;8217&semi; in this scenario as they have just appointed their first female chief financial officer position&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amy Hood will become the companies next chief financial officer who will be replacing Peter Klien and is the first female CFO in the entire history of the company&period; She originally joined the company in 2002 and has gained experience through overseeing the execution of several of Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s acquisitions which include some companies you may have heard of such as Skype &lpar;&dollar;8&period;5 billion&rpar; and Yammer &lpar;&dollar;1&period;2 billion&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement&comma; Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;Amy brings the right talents and experiences to the role as we continue to strengthen our focus on devices and services&period; She has been an instrumental leader in the Microsoft Business Division &lpar;MBD&rpar;&comma; helping lead the transition to services with office 365 and delivering strong financial and operational management throughout her time on the business&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;microsoft-appoints-first-female-cfo-6408197">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;b9fbaa86-0aa2-4406-a311-fc677b118f66" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;