Drive to get more ethnic minorities into British boardrooms

British leadership organisations are launching a drive to get more people from black and ethnic minority communities into the boardroom.

Black and ethnic minority communities account for around 7.9 per cent of the UK's population but are hugely underrepresented on public boards.

Leadership development organisation Common Purpose, the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales executive search company Odgers Ray & Berndtson are all backing the launch of a programme support leaders from diverse black and minority ethnic communities to take on leadership roles in public life.

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