Recent press coverage of Corporate Governance has been like South Pacific. The show-stopping number is There is nothing like a dame.
The FT tells us that the share of women on FTSE boards rose from 14.6% in December 2010 to 14.6% in October.
Good.
A+ for direction of travel. C- for attainment.
It is asserted that more women on boards is not solely a question of gender equity. The Chief Executive of Newton Investment Management says: “I think that there is plenty of intuitive evidence that having an identikit board is not ideal for getting the best, culture, challenge, conversation.”
Hear! Hear!
So if we are moving away from identikit boards will we be seeing not just more women but more representatives of the workforce, unions, NGOs, consumers and people with management experience in other sectors?
I only ask.