The FTSE 100 Gender Boardroom [Infographic]

Emma Mortimer https://debut.careers 1m 351

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FTSE100 companies should have AT LEAST 33% woman in 2020 – Only 9 companies have achieved this

The boardrooms of the country’s top businesses have long been male-dominated spaces, with the Government recommending back in 2015 that the boards of all FTSE 350 companies should be 33% by 2020.

So, five years later, just how many of the 100 biggest companies in the UK have actually hit that target?

The team at Debut have delved into FTSE 100 Companies data to reveal the gender diversity of these top companies and industries:

The Overall Gender Split of FTSE 100 Boardrooms

Looking at the current makeup of the boards of the FTSE 100 reveals that on the whole, things do seem to be improving, with women taking 36% of current board roles. HOWEVER just nine out of 100 companies have achieved (with just five currently employing more female directors than male) and almost a third of companies are yet to meet the 33% target.

The Most Diverse FTSE 100 Sectors

Rank	Sector	Male Board Members (%)	Female Board Members (%)
1	Construction & Materials	50%	50%
2	Oil & Gas Producers	54%	46%
3	Media	55%	45%
4	Personal Goods	55%	45%
5	Beverages	57%	43%

The Least Diverse FTSE 100 Sectors

Rank	Sector	Male Board Members (%)	Female Board Members (%)
1	Industrial Metals & Mining	78%	22%
2	Food Producers	75%	25%
3	Food & Drug Retailers	72%	28%
4	Software & Computer Services	72%	28%
5	Travel & Leisure	72%	28%

The Top 10 Most Diverse FTSE 100 Boards

Rank	Company	Sector	Male Board Members (%)	Female Board Members (%)
1	Diageo	Beverages	38%	63%
2	Auto Trader Group	Media	44%	56%
2	Rightmove	Media	44%	56%
2	Severn Trent	Gas, Water & Multi-utilities	44%	56%
2	Taylor Wimpey	Household Goods & Home Construction	44%	56%
6	Burberry	Personal Goods	50%	50%
6	CRH plc	Construction & Materials	50%	50%
6	Royal Dutch Shell	Oil & Gas Producers	50%	50%
6	WPP plc	Media	50%	50%
10	Hargreaves Lansdown	Financial Services	55%	45

The Top 5 Least Diverse FTSE 100 Boards

Rank	Company	Sector	Male Board Members (%)	Female Board Members (%)
1	Antofagasta	Mining	80%	20%
2	Flutter Entertainment	Travel & Leisure	79%	21%
3	Aveva	Software & Computer Services	78%	22%
4	Evraz	Industrial Metals & Mining	78%	22%
5	Glencore	Mining	78%	22%

A new report from Debut revealed that hearing from diverse employed is a priority for young jobseekers with non-white respondents (94% to 81%) and women (93% to 81%) more likely to want to hear about the experience of employees from different backgrounds, genders, ethnicity and sexuality than white respondents and men.

You can see the full FTSE100 Gender boardroom research here.

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