The report The Female FTSE Board Report 2019 (the Cranfield report”) indicates that over the past 12 months the percentage of women on FTSE 100 boards has increased from 29% to 32%. It indicates that “the 33% target set for 2020 is well in sight” for the FTSE 100 companies and with a “concerted push” the FTSE 250 could also reach the target.

The key findings in the Cranfield report are:

FTSE 100:

• The percentage of women on FTSE 100 boards has increased from 29% to 32%
• 48 companies having reached the target set for 33% women on their boards by 2020.
• 292 women hold 339 directorships on FTSE 100 boards.
• The percentage of female non-executive directors (NEDs) is at the all-time high of 38.9% however the report indicates that “the percentage of female executives remains worryingly low at 10.9%”

FTSE 250:

• For the FTSE 250, the reports indicates that “there has been progress”.
• The percentage of women on boards has increased from 23.7% to 27.3%.
• The number of companies with at least 33% women on their boards has increased from 59 to 88.
• There are only 3 all-male boards
• The percentage of female NEDs is 32.8% but the percentage of female executive directors (EDs) “remains low” at 8.4%.

The report also looks at the diversity characteristics of all the female directors of the FTSE 100 boards.

Click for: 

• Press release (link to Cranfield School of management website)
• The Female FTSE Board Report 2019 (link to Cranfield School of Management website)