More Women Than Ever Are At The Top Of UK Companies, New Figures Show

More women than ever are now at the top of UK companies, the business minister has revealed as new figures show a rise in the number of females sitting on boards.

For the first time ever, the FTSE 250 could meet the target of 33 per cent of board positions going to women by 2020, according to statistics released by the government commissioned Hampton-Alexander review.

As of June 1 this year, 32.1 per cent of the FTSE 100 board positions were held by women – up from 12.5 per cent in 2011.

There was also a rise in the FTSE 250 from 24.9 per cent in November last year to 27.5 per cent at the beginning of June, and in the FTSE 350 from 26.7 per cent to 29.1 per cent during the same period.

All-male boards in the FTSE 350 fell from five in November to four in June – a reduction from 152 in 2011, according to the data.