Boardrooms are becoming more ethnically diverse but more still needs to be done, according to a review of the UK’s largest 350 businesses.
The Parker Review said there were now 12 ethnic minority chief executives in the FTSE 100, up from seven in 2022.
But overall only 13% of senior management at the top 100 firms were ethnically diverse.
But overall only 13% of senior management at the top 100 firms were ethnically diverse.
Originally commissioned by the government in 2015, the first Parker Review found the proportion of ethnically diverse personnel in UK boardrooms to be “disproportionately low”.
This latest 2023 review has found considerable change within the top 350 companies.
It said that within the FTSE 100 – the UK’s biggest firms – people with ethnic minority backgrounds now hold 19% of all director positions, a rise of one percentage point from last year.
The data also showed an increase in the number of companies with more than one ethnic minority director from 49 in 2022 to 56 in 2023.
Boardrooms are becoming more ethnically diverse but more still needs to be done, according to a review of the UK’s largest 350 businesses.
But overall only 13% of senior management at the top 100 firms were ethnically diverse.
The Parker Review said there were now 12 ethnic minority chief executives in the FTSE 100, up from seven in 2022.
Originally commissioned by the government in 2015, the first Parker Review found the proportion of ethnically diverse personnel in UK boardrooms to be “disproportionately low”.
But overall only 13% of senior management at the top 100 firms were ethnically diverse.
But overall only 13% of senior management at the top 100 firms were ethnically diverse.
Originally commissioned by the government in 2015, the first Parker Review found the proportion of ethnically diverse personnel in UK boardrooms to be “disproportionately low”.
This latest 2023 review has found considerable change within the top 350 companies.
It said that within the FTSE 100 – the UK’s biggest firms – people with ethnic minority backgrounds now hold 19% of all director positions, a rise of one percentage point from last year.
The data also showed an increase in the number of companies with more than one ethnic minority director from 49 in 2022 to 56 in 2023.
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