This year’s winners include a hospital foundation chair, a diversity leader and a chair at the heart of efforts on a Covid vaccine.

The latest Hampton-Alexander review reveals that women have reached a major milestone on FTSE 100 boards, but still fail to win CEO or chair positions in significant numbers.

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

TUC and corporate governance bodies join together in plea for new regulators overseeing governance.

Higgins, our resident cartoonist, turns his attention to boardroom diversity.