Sunday, December 12, 2004

Boards still lack female faces


A third of Britain's leading companies still has no women on their board, according to figures published today.

Progress has been made in many companies, but women are still under-represented in corporate Britain, reveals the Female FTSE Report 2004, published today by Cranfield School of Management and sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and Shell.

Trade secretary Patricia Hewitt welcomed the new research, which shows that almost one in five boardroom appointments went to women this year - up from one in 10 two years ago.

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