Brooke Finlayson (Haleon): “Creating a new company was a unique opportunity to assemble a diverse Board”

With 45.5% female representation, healthcare company Haleon (24,000 employees) sits among the top ten of the U.K. FTSE 350 stock index’s most diversely represented corporate management boards. On 23 February, the FTSE Women Leaders Review announced that companies in the index now have 40.2% female representation on their management boards, and as such have secured the 40% milestone that was set in 2022 some three years ahead of the target date.  thus achieving the 40% target for 2022 three years early. Brooke Finlayson, Haleon's Global Head of Talent, explains her company's methods for achieving this.