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CONTENTS
Executive Summary 01 Female FTSE Index 2016 03 1. Introduction 09 2. Methodology 13 3. FTSE 100 Companies 2016 15 3.1 FTSE 100 Companies with Female Directors 16 3.2 The FTSE 100 Female Directors 20 3.3 Pace of Change 21 3.4 Executive Committees 22 4. FTSE 250 Companies 2016 33 4.1 FTSE 250 Companies with Female Directors 35 4.2 FTSE 250 Companies with Women in Executive Roles 39 4.3 Pace of Change 41 4.4 Cross Index Comparison and Pace of Change 41 5. Targets for Gender Balance 43 5.1 Targets versus Quotas for Women at the Top 44 5.2 Why Targets Work and What are the Principles of Target Setting? 46 5.3 What Targets and Metrics are Helpful Moving Forward? 48 5.4 Case Studies 51 6. Concluding Remarks 59 Author Biographies 61 Endnotes 64