The news that leading UK advertising and media company WPP last month appointed a Saudi businesswoman as a non-executive director to its board underlines a trend towards companies diversifying the make-up of their leadership. Ross Bentley reports
It’s not the first time that the new appointee Luban Olayan has broken new ground - she also became the first woman to sit on the board of a Saudi-listed company when she joined the Saudi Hollandi Bank last year. Perhaps the traditional idea that a UK company director has to be white, male and middle-aged is starting to change.
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