Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report 2016

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The Female FTSE Board Report 2016

FTSE 250 Companies

4.1 FTSE 250 COMPANIES WITH FEMALE DIRECTORS TABLE 10: FTSE 250 DIRECTORSHIPS 2012-2016

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

406 (20.4%) 29 (5.6%) 371 (25.7%) 26 (10.4%) 235 (94.0%)

365 (18.0%) 25 (4.6%) 340 (23.0%) 23 (9.2%) 227 (90.8%) 65 (26.0%)

310 (15.6%) 29 (5.3%) 281 (19.6%) 27 (10.8%) 202 (80.1%) 51 (20.4%)

267 (13.3%) 32 (5.4%) 235 (16.6%) 29 (11.6%) 183 (73.2%) 36 (14.4%)

189 (9.4%) 28 (4.5%) 168 (11.4%) 25 (10.0%) 135 (54.0%)

Female held directorships

Female executive directorships

Female non-executive directorships

Companies with female executives

Companies with at least one female director

90 (36%)

21 (8.4%)

Companies with at least 25% female directors

66 (26.4%) 39 (15.6%)

Companies with at least 27% female directors

Companies with at least 33% female directors

There’s no doubt in my mind that developing more women leaders will make a real difference to the success of the UK economy, our productivity, and the UK’s future place in the world. Diverse leadership teams make better decisions and are a source of competitive advantage for firms. That’s why our companies have stepped up to the challenge of a voluntary target for improving gender diversity in the UK’s boardrooms Yet we still have a long way to go, particularly to improve the number of female executives which is not getting better anything like fast enough. Non-executive directors

play an important role as the guardians of values, challenging decisions and managing risk. But it is the job of executives – the sleeves-rolled-up leaders in our society – to run organizations on a daily basis. We don’t have enough women who are executive leaders in the UK – the CEOs, the CFOs, the heads of operating divisions, the MDs and Partners. Lord Davies’ review showed just what can be done through sheer energy, commitment, and the clarity of a target. A voluntary target for women leaders, combined with business-led approaches to improving the representation of women at all levels of leadership and management will help us to take the next step.

Carolyn Fairbairn Director General of the Confederation of British Industry