Nearly seven out of 10 of the “most powerful jobs in UK business” are still going to men and there remains “much more to do” to boost female representation in Britain’s boardrooms, the former boss of the FTSE Women Leaders Review has warned.
Denise Wilson, who stepped down at the end of March after 13 years leading the government-sponsored review, said while great strides have been made in increasing gender parity in UK boardrooms, women are still finding barriers to many of the top jobs.
When she first became chief executive of the then-Davies Review in 2011, only 9% of boardroom positions were held by women.
That had jumped to 42% when she released her final report as chief executive of the review earlier this year.
But she said there’s still a “long, long way to go”.
She told PA news agency that at the start of her career, “when I looked up, I could only ever see a sea of senior white men”.
“Now there’s more…
