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Report: Women on FTSE 350 Boards: Roles, tenure, share ownership and gender pay

This report presents the relationship between remuneration and representation of women at senior levels. It suggests that, while the proportion of female directors is on an upward trend, women tend to be employed in positions of less responsibility and influence.

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Key findings:

  • Among FTSE 350 companies, 20.9 per cent of the 3,395 directors covered by the analysis are women. 
  • While the proportions of female directors are on an upward trajectory, very few women manage to secure the very top roles – either as executives or non-executives – on UK company boards.
  • With regard to the gender pay gap, an analysis of nine FTSE 350 women chief executives suggested that this may not be an issue for our existing top female executives. However, there is still a significant gender pay gap, driven by the lower representation of women in the larger and higher paying executive and non-executive roles, and higher male representation in larger companies.

This report produced by E-reward includes commentary from Duncan Brown from the Institute for Employment Studies. It analyses data held on the E-reward Summit Database of 3,395 executive and non-executive directors in FTSE-350 companies.