The Female FTSE Board Report 2017
FTSE 100 Companies
The Female FTSE Board Report 2017
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3.4.4 Nationality of Directors Drilling down into the nationalities of board members shows that in 2007, men were vastly over- represented across all nationalities. Based on available data, by 2017, women’s proportional representation had increased across the board but particularly so among North Americans where parity has almost been achieved.
FIGURE 6. NATIONALITY OF WOMEN AND MEN ON THE BOARDS OF FTSE 100 COMPANIES 2007-2017
BRITISH
750
654
588
571
542
536
535
535
499
452
500
250
158
156
147
123
101
85
70
70
69
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
EU (NON BRITISH)
200
119
116
115
110
110
103
103
104
94
100
30
30
24
20
18
15
14
12
13
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
NORTH AMERICAN
200
107
105
105
94
86
100
84
83
82
78
49
43
33
32
64
66
28
59
58
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
OTHER
191
200
186
172
124
116
85
100
82
77
72
36
29
24
22
21
18
15
6
5
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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