Where we are now

FTSE Women Leaders
The Hampton Alexander Review launched their national initiative and early thinking at an event on the 7th July, hosted by KPMG and with the support of Government Ministers.

We set out the scope and focus of our efforts in leadership ranks as being the Executive Committee and Direct Reports to the Executive Committee of FTSE 350 Companies.

However, voluntary disclosures of women's representation on the Executive Committee and the Direct Reports layer below, will play a key role in establishing the starting point and monitoring progress.

This is why we have asked all FTSE 350 CEO's to disclose this information to us over the Summer as part of our evidence gathering and development of a suitable framework for action with accompanying recommendations.

We plan to publish our full report in November, and meanwhile are keen to capture stakeholders views on progress, obstacles and the merits of voluntary targets below the board.

If you would like to share views with us please follow this link before 1st September 2016.

 
FTSE Boards
There are now no all-male boards in the FTSE 100, which is a first and milestone event in the history of the London Stock Exchange. There remain 14 all-male boards in the FTSE 250, down from 152 all-male boards in 2011, but this is still 14 too many.

From a starting point of 152 all-male boards in the FTSE 350 when we began this journey, 14 remaining and ever decreasing, is by any standards, a tremendous achievement.

More women than ever before now serve on British boards, as of October 2015 there were a total of 628 women board members across the FTSE 350, 263 women on FTSE 100 boards and 365 women board members in the FTSE 250.

Some were concerned there may be insufficient women capable of fuelling demand. To the contrary, organisations such as Cranfield have profiled over 400 capable women through their 100 Women to Watch publications (previous years: 2015, 2014, 2013), Women on Boards UK now count nearly 10,000 aspiring women in their network, and KPMG will showcase more women ready and willing to serve on British boards in their new online database: On Board.

The manner in which British business has robustly and voluntarily, embraced this agenda and the enormous ground swell of support in its wake, could scarcely have been anticipated nor more welcomed, when Lord Davies and his Steering Group first published their review in 2011.

Since then the number of women serving on FTSE 350 Boards has more than doubled. This is far from gender parity, but it is a major milestone in a much longer journey.

FTSE 350 Company Ranking as of 1st June 2016

FTSE 350 companies are ranked according to the number of women serving on the board and as a proportion of the whole board.