Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe number of women in senior roles at FTSE 350 companies will lag behind men until 2036, after the Covid pandemic pushed the prospect of gender parity in the boardroom back by four years, according to a new report. Women make up more than half of executive committees and boards at just 4% of FTSE 350 companies. The worst performing sector of FTSE 350 companies is manufacturing and engineering, where on average just a fifth of members of executive committees are women. Media companies performed the best where 44% of executive committees are comprised of women, double the FTSE 350 average of 22%. This has pushed back the assessment of gender parity for executive committees from a forecast of 2032 last year, to 2036.

Source: The Guardian July 14, 2021 04:52 UTC