The Parker Review

Current profile
of FTSE 350
Boards

The data presented below was obtained through voluntary census research of FTSE 350 companies and relates to Board memberships as of 31 December 2022.

Key Findings

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companies responded — all 100 of the FTSE 100 and 224 of the FTSE 250.

FTSE 100

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96 out of 100 companies (96%) met the target.

Of these 96 companies, 49 have
exceeded the target by having
more than one ethnic minority
director on their Board.

FTSE 250

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149 out of 224 companies who
submitted data (67%) currently
meet the December 2024 target.

This number represents 60% of all FTSE 250 companies. Of  these 149 companies, 28 have already exceeded the target of the Review with these companies having more than one ethnic minority director.

If we exclude the 85 investment Trust companies in the FTSE 250, 113 of the 165 trading companies in the FTSE 250 which have reported have already met the target of the Review. This represents 73% of those companies.

FTSE 100

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There were 178 ethnic minority directors, representing 190 director positions.

This represents 18% of all director positions. There are six ethnic minority directors who occupy positions of Chair, seven who are CEOs, nine who occupy the position of CFOs and nine occupying other executive directorships. The remaining positions are NEDs.

FTSE 250

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By coincidence, there were the same number of ethnic minority directors in the FTSE 250 as the FTSE 100 (178).

These 178 FTSE 250 directors held 188 director positions, representing 11% of all director positions.

There are five ethnic minority directors who occupy positions of Chair, 14 who are CEOs, 10 who occupy the position of CFO, and five occupying other executive directorships.

FTSE 100

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47% of ethnic minority directors in the FTSE 100 are women.

FTSE 250

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48% of ethnic minority directors in the FTSE 250 are women.

FTSE 100

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63 out of the 178 ethnic minority directors are British citizens,

representing 6% of all director positions. This figure includes 14 who have dual or multiple nationalities, including British.

FTSE 250

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100 out of the 178 ethnic minority directors are British citizens,

representing 6% of all director positions. This figure includes 16 who have dual or multiple nationalities, including British.

Full report data is available on the Reports section