The other day there was a piece about the lack of women on UK Boards in the Evening Standard http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boardroom-doors-are-still-closed-for-women-8084093.html The key points were that: Not one woman has joined the board of any of Britain’s biggest companies in the past year In the past two years, of 87 executive Read More
Last week I went along to the Open University Annual Lecture at which Nicola Horlick spoke on the topic of “Can you have it all?” I'm always interested in different perspectives on women in business. I actually bumped into her as I left the ladies loo in the beautiful wood Read More
Private businesses 66% of privately held businesses (PHB) in the UK have a woman in the boardroom – compared to 94% in the Philippines, 88% in Russia and 81% in China. The International Business Report (IBR) by Grant Thornton interviewed 7,200 PHBs across 32 countries and 22% felt the pay Read More