Wednesday, January 04, 2006

The Female FTSE: getting women on board


The winner of the UK Women in Business Award 2005 is a high-flying managing director – but 22 of the top FTSE 100 companies still have no women on the Board.

Jane Palmer, Managing Director of Industrial Brushware and Ibex Geo Tech, has won the UK Women in Business award. Now in its ninth year, the award is a joint initiative between UK Trade & Investment, Women in Business International and the British Exporters Association. It focuses on achievement in international markets, as well as an ongoing commitment to international trade relations.

High-powered
The award was announced at the international Women in Business conference, held in London. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Women in high-powered positions in the mainstream economy.’ Jane Palmer certainly falls into that category: she has several patented tool systems working in the oil exploration field and provides solutions for some of the largest oil service companies in the world.

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