The Female FTSE Board Report 2017

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Cover	1
The FTSE Femal Board Report 2017	3
GEO Minister’s Foreword	4
sponsor’s Foreword	5
sir peter gregson’S Foreword	6
contents	7
executive summary	8
1 - Introduction	10
2 - Methodology	12
3 - FTSE 100 Companies	14
3.1 FTSE 100 Companies with Female Directors	15
3.2 characteristics of Female Directors	18
3.3 trends in board composition	18
3.4 Trends in Growth of Women on FTSE 100 Boards Over the Past Ten Years	19
4 - FTSE 250 Companies	26
4.1 FTSE 250 Directorships 2013-2017	28
5 - Board Evaluators Project	30
5.1 background to the study	31
5.2 Format of the evaluations	32
5.3 Is there an overt focus on diversity in board evaluations?	33
5.4 How does gender diversity affect boardroom behaviours, culture and effectiveness?	34
5.5 How can board evaluations support the chair?	36
Summary	38
5.6 Our Recommendations	38
6 - Concluding Remarks	40
7 - Author Biographies	42
ENDNOTES	45

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