Virginia ‘Ginni’ Rometty (pictured with chairman Samuel Palmisano) has been appointed the first female president and chief executive officer of IBM.
It’s been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women's representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management last week reported a...
Women now make up 9% of all board members in FTSE 350 companies, according to the Board Structure and non-executive Directors’ Fees report from Deloitte, published this morning.
Today the prime minister David Cameron is hosting a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate women’s contribution to business.
Seven institutional investors in UK listed companies have asked FTSE 350 chairmen to declare their aspirational goals for the representation of women on their boards in 2013 and 2015 by the end of...
Lord Davies’ report gave FTSE 100 companies until yesterday to sign up to the 25% female representation at board level but an extension has been given until the end of the month, for companies to...
More than 5,400 women are "missing" from Britain’s 26,000 most powerful posts and at the current rate of change it will take 70 years to reach an equal number of men and women directors of FTSE 100...
Women are increasingly breaking through the ‘glass ceiling’ and have growing employment opportunities, particularly in terms of career advancement and remuneration, according to a report published...
The glass ceiling preventing women from climbing to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder will still be firmly in place at the end of this decade, according to a new report published today by...
Executive search firms working in the FT350 have set up a voluntary code to improve gender diversity in boardrooms, in response to the Davies Review of Women on Boards, which was published in February...
The statue of Lady Justice on top of the Central Criminal Court – the Old Bailey – in London has become a striking symbol of equality, as she stands proudly emblazoned in gold, holding a set of scales...
UK employers are against voluntary or compulsory quotas for women on the board being foisted upon FTSE companies.
