Moreover, when more women are appointed to executive teams, the companies become more open to transformation while seeking to reduce risks, shifting focus from mergers and acquisitions to research and development, as well as changing the top management teams' thinking such as reducing the obstacles facing new female appointees.

However, the research found that larger shifts in thinking occurred when the new female executives were part of a smaller cohort of new appointees.

Since the tabloid affair, Bezos opened an investigation into the leak led by Gavin de Becker, a public safety expert and former appointee of US President Ronald Reagan.

An appointee to various HKSAR government advisory committees, including the Financial Services Development Council and the Financial Infrastructure Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Joe Ngai is one of the best witnesses to Hong Kong's "before and after" story.

China's naming of a new appointee to head the country's antimonopoly bureau represents the country's accelerated steps in enriching antitrust efforts as well as its unswerving determination to deal with monopolistic behavior, industry experts said on Wednesday.

""There are a lot of political appointees who believe it is their job to push as much anti-China action out before they leave the building, in part to box in the next administration," Scott Flicker, a partner at law firm Paul Hastings, told the Financial Times.