Half of new FTSE 100 chiefs must be women to hit gender target

Official review says step change in top appointments needed in 2020 at UK’s biggest listed firms

One in every two FTSE 100 executive appointments over the next year will have to go to a woman if the UK is to meet targets to tackle the gender imbalance across British business by 2020, a report has warned.

A “step change” at the UK’s biggest listed companies is needed if they are to hit a key metric where women make up at least a third of executive-level leadership teams by the end of next year.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2O7oary