FTSE 350 firms urged to increase gender diversity in leadership teams

Progress slows among the largest listed companies to achieve board gender diversity, while the broader leadership target extends to include all FTSE 350 companies.

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A target for gender diversity in FTSE 100 leadership teams has been extended to the next 250 largest listed companies. The Hampton-Alexander Review followed Lord Davies’s report and target-setting in 2011 to drive board and leadership gender diversity. The latest report by Sir Philip Hampton and Dame Helen Alexander pushes these targets further. Dame Helen Alexander passed away in August this year. Their review calls for the 33% target for women to be extended to FTSE 350 leadership teams—which comprise members of executive committees and senior leaders reporting into those committees. The previous target applied to both FTSE 100 and FTSE 350 boards, along with just FTSE 100 leadership teams. Progress on reaching the 33% mark

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