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The Female FTSE Board Report 2016
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Rank Company
Female
Board
%
No. Fem
Directors
No.
Fem
EDs
Executive
Roles
Sector
Women in
Executive
Roles
1 DIAGEO PLC 45.5% 5
1
CFO
Beverages Kathy Mikells
2
KINGFISHER
PLC
44.4% 4
2
Group CEO,
CFO/FD
General
Retailers
Véronique
Laury-
Deroubaix,
Karen Witts
2 NEXT PLC
44.4% 4
2
GFD, Group
Director -
Sales/Mktg
General
Retailers
Amanda
James, Jane
Shields
5
WHITBREAD
PLC
40.0% 4
2
CEO, Group HR
Director
Leisure &
Hotels
Alison Brittain,
Louise
Smalley
7
OLD MUTUAL
PLC
38.5% 5
1
GFD
Life
Assurance
Ingrid Johnson
8 3i GROUP PLC 37.5% 3
1
GFD
Private
Equity
Julia Wilson
8
ROYAL MAIL
PLC
37.5% 3
1
CEO
Transport
Moya Greene
10
MARKS &
SPENCER
GROUP PLC
36.4% 5
2
CFO, ED
General
Retailers
Laura Wade-
Gery; Helen
Weir,
10
BURBERRY
GROUP PLC
36.4% 4
1
CFO
General
Retailers
Carol
Fairweather
20 TUI AG
32.0% 8
1
Board Member
- HR
Leisure &
Hotels
Elke Eller-
Braatz
22 CRH PLC
30.8% 4
1
Group
Transformation
Director
Construction
& Building
Materials
Maeve Carton
24 CAPITA PLC
30.0% 3
2
Joint COO,
ED - Business
Development
Business
Services
Maggi
Bell, Dawn
Marriott-Sims,
24 EASYJET PLC 30.0% 3
1
CEO
Leisure &
Hotels
Dame Carolyn
McCall
24
SEVERN TRENT
PLC
30.0% 3
2
CEO, ED
Utilities -
Other
Dr. Emma
Fitzgerald, Liv
Garfield
33
SMITH &
NEPHEW PLC
27.3% 3
1
CFO
Health
Julie Belita
Brown
46
BRITISH LAND
CO PLC
25.0% 3
1
CFO/FD
Real Estate Lucinda Bell
62
DIXONS
CARPHONE PLC
23.1% 3
1
Regional CEO
Telecom-
munication
Services
Katie
Bickerstaffe
68
IMPERIAL
BRANDS PLC
22.2% 2
1
CEO
Tobacco
Alison Cooper
80
ASHTEAD
GROUP PLC
20.0% 2
1
FD
Business
Services
Suzanne
Wood
87
PRUDENTIAL
PLC
18.8% 3
1
Group Chief
Risk Officer
Life
Assurance
Penny James
TABLE 2: THE 20 FTSE 100 COMPANIES WITH FEMALE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
FTSE 100 Companies