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Current profile
of the FTSE 350
The data presented below was obtained through voluntary census research of FTSE 350 companies and relates to Board memberships as of 31 December 2024.
Key Findings
0
companies responded — all of the FTSE 100 and 236 of the FTSE 250.
Board Findings
FTSE 100
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%
95 out of 100 companies (95%) met the target.
Of these 95 companies, 56 have exceeded the target by having more than one ethnic minority director on their Board.
FTSE 250
0
%
204 of the 236 companies who
submitted data (86%) currently meet the December 2024 target.
If considering the whole FTSE 250, including the companies that did not reply, the percentage meeting the target was 82% in 2024.
FTSE 100
0
%
There were 182 ethnic minority directors, representing 201 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 19% of all 1050 positions. This represents the same percentage from 2023 when there were 202 out of 1,053 positions in the FTSE 100 held by a director from an ethnic minority group.
FTSE 250
0
%
There were 249 ethnic majority directors, representing 274 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 15% all 1,789 positions. This represents a one and a half percentage point increase from 2023 when there were 230 out of 1,701 positions in the FTSE 250 held by a director from an ethnic minority group (13%).
FTSE 100
0
%
82 out of the 201 ethnic minority
directorships are British citizens.
This represents 7% of all positions in the FTSE 100 which is down one percentage point from last year.
FTSE 250
0
%
164 out of the 274 ethnic minority directorships are British citizens.
This represents 9% of all positions in the FTSE 250 which is up one percentage point from last year.
FTSE 100
0
%
90 out of the 182 ethnic minority
directors are women.
This represents 9% of all positions in the FTSE 100 which is the same as last year.
FTSE 250
0
%
123 out of the 249 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 9% of all positions in the FTSE 250 which is up three percentage points from last year.
Senior Management Findings
FTSE 100
0
%
11% of senior managers in the
FTSE 100 based in the UK are
ethnic minority, with women
being 42% of this population.
FTSE 250
0
%
9% of senior managers in the
FTSE 250 based in the UK are
ethnic minority, with women
being 39% of this population.
FTSE 100
0
%
Of the companies that shared a target with the Review, the average target for the proportion of ethnic minority executives in senior management in the UK to be achieved by 2027 is 15%.
FTSE 250
0
%
Of the companies that shared a target with the Review, the average target for the proportion of ethnic minority executives in senior management in the UK to be achieved by 2027 is 13%.
FTSE 100
0
%
362 out of the 857 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 5% of all positions in the FTSE 100.
FTSE 250
0
%
188 out of the 484 ethnic minority directorships are women.
This represents 3% of all positions in the FTSE 250.
Full report data is available on the Reports section