Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report 2016

Methodology

The Female FTSE Board Report 2016

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The main data from the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 listings and the figures in this reportwere taken fromBoardExonJune1st 2016, including theheadlinefigures for the percentages of directorships. In order to maintain consistency of six monthly data over the past five years, data on new appointments and other metrics (age, tenure, multiple directorships) were taken on March 1st. Data on FTSE 100 Executive Committee composition were collected from publicly available data and annual reports between February 1st and March 25th 2016. Data on Executive Committees is not always readily available or fully up to date on company websites, so in addition we wrote to Company Secretaries of the FTSE100 toverifydata.Wewould like to thank all thosewho responded for their co-operation in providing data.