New data has found that the number of women in FTSE 100 boardroom roles has now reached 39.1%.
This number is up from the 12.5% it was 10 years ago. The lack of diversity is still clear, however, explains the Fawcett Society due to the lack of positions held by “women of colour, disabled women and LGBTQ people missing from positions of power”.
“The devil is in the detail here. In the majority of boardrooms men continue to be overrepresented. When we look at the most senior positions of CEO and chair the progress is painfully slow,” said Jemima Olchawski, the Fawcett Society’s chief executive.
The new stats came from the group’s 2022 Sex and Power Index, which found that women only make up 8 of the 100 CEOs of FTSE companies.
“It is excellent to see the progress being made but we know there is more to be done.” She said the government plans to put forward measures to advance workplace equality but gave no further details,” said Liz Truss, the minister for women and equalities.
