THE Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has reported that since March of this year, women have made up 44% of newly appointed FTSE-100 board directors and 40% of those in the FTSE-250.
A voluntary code of conduct for executive search firms introduced a year ago, in response to a review by Lord Mervyn Davies, pictured, calls for women to make up 30% of a long-list when candidates are considered for top jobs.
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