The Australian: Boardroom Progress with a Quarter of New Directors Female
26 September 2013
Sarah-Jane Tasker
MANDATORY targets for women on boards are having an effect, with research showing one in four new directors appointed last year were female.
Forbes: Pressure Is On For Female Appointments To UK Company Boards
25 September 2013
Dina Medland
Pressure Is On For Female Appointments To UK Company Boards
It is increasingly apparent that there is a serious ‘disconnect’ between words and action in the UK when it comes to placing women on boards of publicly listed companies. Prime Minister David Cameron and the coalition government first indicated their commitment to the issue by launching a review led by Lord Davies of Abersoch in February 2011. Yet almost three years later, the rate of progress has been agonising – and now appears to have stalled.