Tag: board diversity
Top UK companies short of BAME directors
Search firm Spencer Stuart finds few directors from a black, Asian or ethnic minority among the top 150 FTSE companies.
Interview: Michelle Edkins, Blackrock
Blackrock is the world’s largest asset manager, so when it speaks, boards listen. Michelle Edkins, the company’s head of global investment stewardship, swears by the importance of good board composition and diversity.
Ethnic diversity in the boardroom falls
ICSA’s Bellwether Survey reveals that ethnic diversity in boardroom has decreased while cyber-risk is rising.
May dilutes pledge to get more workers on boards
UK prime minister Theresa May scales down her leadership pledge on employee representation in British boardrooms.
PM: Too few women reach the top in financial services
Financial services firms sign up to charter committing them to promote women in top roles.
MPs launch governance inquiry
Members of the business, innovation and skills select committee will probe UK corporate governance with a focus on board composition, directors’ duties and executive pay.