Thursday, December 27, 2007

Minimal increase in diversity at board level


The latest Deloitte board structure report finds the number of female non-executive directors hardly moving past 10%

Despite a 10% overall increase in non-executive directors, there has been minimal increase in the diversity of the board in big UK companies, according to Carol Arrowsmith, Deloitte head of remuneration.

She said the lack of women non-executive directors was a lack of concern. The latest Deloitte board structure research found only a slight increase in the number of female FTSE 350 executive board members - up from 3% to 4% - but no increase in the number of female non-executives.

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