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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Female executive directors in FTSE 250 down 11% since 2022

A woman and two men standing at the end of a long boardroom table in a glass-walled office
Women hold 42% of overall directorships (including nonexecutive) on FTSE 250 boards. Photograph: Blend Images/Alamy

The glass ceiling for women in top roles at FTSE 250 companies is still “stubbornly in place” according to the latest research, which found the number of women in executive director roles fell more than 10% in the past two years.

While gender diversity overall is improving in boardrooms, as more women are appointed to nonexecutive director (NED) roles, progress in the appointments of women at the top, executive-board level is in reverse, according to the research from Cranfield University and EY.

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