Still more women needed in FTSE 100 boardrooms

Little progress in boosting numbers of female executives

There have been no shortage of top-level moves of late, with new CEOs being appointed at asset managers seemingly every other week.

Given the changing business landscape, cost pressures, associated restructuring and the cross-sector push for greater diversity within firms, perhaps the merry-go-round we have been seeing is not surprising. However, despite the focus on diversity there has been little progress in the boardroom on that front at FTSE 100 companies, data from specialist recruitment firm Robert Half UK showed. Collaboration is king: Firms must work together to improve female representation in the investment industry According to the annual Robert Half FTSE 100 CEO Tracker, age, education and gender di...