Grant Thornton: The Boardroom Blog

Pressure remains on companies to improve female representation on boards

Thursday, October 13, 2011 | Posted by: Ben Langford
Categories: Governance, Non-executive director | Tags: Board, boardroom, FTSE 350, women, women in business, gender, diversity, female, review, quotas, directors, representation, Lord Davies, Ben Langford, Davies report

Fresh changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) this week seek to “strengthen the principle of boardroom diversity” – and companies are being urged to respond rapidly.

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Are UK businesswomen more likely to be CEOs, FDs or in another director role?

Thursday, September 01, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Research, Thought Leadership | Tags: business, statistics, Board, report, survey, UK, CEO, data, CFO, FD, women, infographic, finance director, IBR, women in business, gender, diversity, International Business Report

Find out which senior management positions UK businesswomen are getting with our visualisation of data from the 2011 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), which reveals the distribution of roles across UK boardrooms.

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Corporate governance framework for European companies: what needs to be improved?

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Governance | Tags: Board, governance, Corporate Governance, Simon Lowe, women, gender, diversity, UK Corporate Governance Code, Europe, guidance, comply or explain, debate

Last week the European Commission launched a public consultation into European corporate governance, its effectiveness and possible ways forward. On the discussion agenda are board effectiveness, gender diversity, short-termism and the failure of self-regulation prior to the economic crisis. Read on to join the debate.

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