UK's biggest listed firms hit board gender balance, lack women bosses

NAMPA / DPA

2025-02-25

London (PA Media/dpa) - The UK's biggest listed companies have achieved gender-balanced boardrooms, but a lack of women in top jobs has seen the number of female FTSE 100 chief executives fall below 10, according to a Government-backed report. Progress comes despite more firms looking to "weed out" costly or ineffective diversity goals amid a string of companies scaling back initiatives in the US, the boss of the FTSE Women Leaders Review said. N......

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