Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report 2016

FTSE 100 Companies

The Female FTSE Board Report 2016

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3.1 FTSE 100 COMPANIES WITH FEMALE DIRECTORS We are pleased to present again year-on-year improvements on key indicators of progress of women on boards. As of 1st June 2016, there are 279 female held directorships across the FTSE 100 boardrooms. The percentage of women on FTSE 100 boards in March has increased to 26.0%, up from 23.5% last year, but stagnant compared to the 26.1% recorded in the Lord Davies closing report in October 2015. The percentage of female Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) has increased to 31.4% and that of the Executive Directors (EDs) to 9.7%. Two hundred and forty four women now hold 279 FTSE 100 directorships.