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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff and Joanna Partridge

‘The leadership have to own it’: top women in business on the CBI’s future

CBI logo on smartphone screen
The Confederation of British Industry released a prospectus this week outlining plans for an overhaul of its culture and governance. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The Confederation of British Industry has released plans for an overhaul of its culture and governance before its extraordinary general meeting on 6 June, where it hopes to secure a mandate from its members to continue representing the business community after a series of sexual misconduct allegations.

The Guardian spoke to a group of prominent businesswomen regarding the CBI’s plans, and asked whether they thought the lobby group and its newly installed director general, Rain Newton-Smith, could win back support.

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