Ethnic minority representation in boardrooms stalls despite Government review

Nearly all of the UK’s biggest listed companies have at least one minority ethnic director on their boards, more than doubling the amount without all-white boardrooms in six years, according to a Government-backed review (Alamy/PA) -

Progress on increasing ethnic diversity in company boardrooms stalled last year, according to new research.

The number of new directors from self-declared ethnic minority backgrounds dropped for the first time since records began in 2019, according to analysis by Spencer Stuart headhunters of the UK’s biggest 150 publicly listed firms.