Future Of British Business
Women Are Making Strides in UK C-Suites. Just Not in CEO Roles
New research shows that the path for women to become CEO remains “unbelievably narrow” across British corporations.
Just nine of the FTSE 100 bosses are women, down from a peak of 11 the index reached earlier this year.
Photographer: Hollie Adams/BloombergWomen are increasingly being hired for the roles at companies that tend to lead to the CEO slot, but they’re still largely missing at the highest rungs of British corporations.
Women now make up 23% of chief financial officers, chief operating officers, divisional bosses or are already chief executives across the FTSE 100, according to new research by 25x25, an organization formed to help boost the level of female talent at the top of British companies. That’s up from 16% in 2021, the group said.