14 May, 2021

New beginnings

Achieving the Davies Review target of women making up 25% of board membership in the FTSE 100 forced many first-time appointments. But what should women be doing to launch their non-executive careers?

This summer the target set by the Davies Review of reaching 25% of women on FTSE 100 non-executive boards was achieved—more than doubling the percentage in just four years. The combined focus of politicians, chairmen, pressure groups and executive search firms on the issue of gender diversity at the most senior levels of business has had a significant impact in increasing the number of women achieving non-executive directorships in the nation’s biggest public companies. To achieve this substantial shift, a large number of non-executive positions have necessarily been given to first-time appointees, as boards seek out “new blood�

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board careers, Davies Review, diversity, gender diversity, selection, women on boards