WOMEN NOW HOLD OVER 50% OF NED BOARD ROLES

Women now hold the majority of non-executive board roles for the first time, data shows, but men still hold most of the executive director positions. The 2021 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index – a review of governance practice in the FTSE 150 on 30 April 2021, excluding investment trusts – found women now represent 51% of all non-executive directors, up from 18%, 10 years ago. For the first time since tracking began, the number of non-executive positions occupied by women was 442, exceeding those occupied by men (422), and women occupied more than a third (36%) of...

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