GENDER QUOTAS IN THE BOARDROOM

GENDER COMPOSITION OF FTSE 100 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES FEMALE REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS OF LARGE LISTED COMPANIES IN THE EU
APRIL 2016

181 Countries with quotas in place

FEMALE

19.
4 %
37.1%
FRANCE
36.1%
SWEDEN
30%
ITALY
29.9%
FINLAND
28.1%
NETHERLANDS

40% for non- 33% for all board 30% for all board positions
executive positions in listed and of large companies, but no
directors by 2017 state-owned companies sanctions

27.7% 27.2% 27.1% 27% 26.6%

LATVIA GERMANY UK DENMARK BELGIUM

30% for supervisory 33% for all board positions

boards* in state-owned and listed
companies by 2017

80
.6%
23.9% 22.2% 20.2% 20.1% 19.9%
752 SLOVENIA CROATIA SPAIN AUSTRIA POLAND

MALE
40% for all board 35% for supervisory
positions in large state- boards of state-owned
owned companies, companies*
but no sanctions

FEMALE REPRESENTATION ON FTSE 100 BOARDS BY YEAR

DATA SHOWS THAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT THERES STILL A LONG WAY TO GO
Female-held Female non-executive Companies with at least 17.9% 16% 14.3% 14.2% 13%
directorships one female director BULGARIA IRELAND SLOVAKIA PORTUGAL LITHUANIA
directorships
Female executive Companies with female Companies with at least
directorships executive directors 25 per cent female directors

300
279

250 253

12.9% 11.2% 10.9% 10.1% 9.4%

LUXEMBOURG HUNGARY CYPRUS ROMANIA GREECE
200

163 33% for all board

150 positions in state-
143 owned companies

100 100
89

50
61 8.8% 8.2% 5% 23.3%
CZECH ESTONIA MALTA AVERAGE
20 26 REPUBLIC
17 20
15
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016*
*June 2016 Source: Cranfield School of Management 2016 Source: European Commission 2016