23.5% of board members in FTSE 100 companies are women, according to the most recent report by Women on Boards. This new figure confirms that the UK is on its way to the goal of 25% of such positions being held by women, during 2015. This will have been achieved without the introduction of quotas, relying solely on a voluntary approach.
“The voluntary approach is working”, Lord Davies stated, without hesitation, on 25 March during the presentation of Women on Boards’ annual report. Davies is in charge of the delicate issue of female presence in large British companies. Following the request by David Cameron in 2011, he put in place a strategy — dependant on voluntary action — with the objective, to be reached in 2015, of 25% of FTSE 100 board members being women. Four years on, the outlook is thought to be very positive...
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