New threats to ‘diversity of thought’ despite better board composition
While the number of women on boards is rising, an increasing reliance on hiring from the fields of accountancy and finance may impact on diversity of thought, says a new study.
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“We see some extremely good results. But there are also implications.” So says Dr Elisabeth Marx, a corporate leadership expert, after undertaking a close study of UK board composition two decades after a previous investigation lifted the lid on what was happening inside boardrooms.
The conclusion is that things are definitely better, but unintended consequences have emerged: there are concerns about where future female executives will come from and whether non-executives spend enough time with executive functions other than the CEO and CFO. There is also a worry that diversity of thought may become a casualty of the increasing dominan
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