Saturday, October 31, 2015

One third of British companies to be women by 2020

LONDON, Oct 31: Britain is currently sixth in the world for the proportion of women on company boards, with Norway, where women make up 35 per cent of boards, at the top, according to the findings of last month’s Davias Review.

Many countries ahead of the UK — including Norway, France and Belgium — have set formal quotas for female representation, according to a media report.

The UK government-backed Davies Review says a third of all board seats at Britain’s biggest companies should be held by women by 2020, but shies away from mandating a specific target for executive jobs, the report adds.

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