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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Gender pay gap widens in FTSE100 boardrooms

Emma Walmsley leads pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline

(Picture: GSK)

Only one of the 50 highest paid directorships on the boards of Britain’s most valuable blue chip companies is held by a woman, a new gender pay gap survey reveals today.

Emma Walmsley, CEO of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline, who earned a package worth £8.2 million last year, is the sole female representative on a FTSE 100 top pay list overwhelmingly dominated by men.

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