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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Women in board roles at UK’s biggest listed firms above 40% for first time

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The number of women on boards in FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies rose by 3% in 2022. Photograph: Federico Caputo/Getty Images/EyeEm

The proportion of women in board roles in Britain’s biggest listed companies has risen above 40% for the first time, according to analysis that suggests only 10 of the UK’s 350 largest listed companies still have all-male executive teams.

The number of women on boards in the blue-chip FTSE 100 companies and the mid-sized FTSE 250 companies rose by 3% in 2022, according to the government-backed FTSE women leaders review, published on Tuesday.

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