The number of female directors at top UK companies increased in 2019 but more is needed to correct an overall gender imbalance in leadership, a report showed Wednesday.
A total 32.4 percent of all board positions at companies trading on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index are held by women, up from 30.2 percent last year, according to The Hampton-Alexander Review. The ten-year Review, launched in 2011, is on track to meet its target of 33 percent of all FTSE 100 board directors being women by 2020.
"If this progress continues into 2020, our targets for women on boards will be met," said the Review's chair Philip Hampton.
"Whilst this is a key indicator of change at the top, strengthening the number of women in executive positions is critical to achieving long-term gender balance."
Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019
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