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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 2023.
Key Findings
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companies responded — all 100 of the FTSE 100 and 222 of the FTSE 250.
FTSE 100
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%
96 out of 100 companies (96%) met the target.
Of these 96 companies, 56 have exceeded the target by having more than one ethnic minority director on their Board.
FTSE 250
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%
175 out of 222 companies who
submitted data (79%) 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 70% in 2023.
FTSE 100
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%
There were 186 ethnic minority directors, representing 202 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 19% of all 1053 positions. This represents a one percentage point increase from 2022 when there were 190 out of 1,064 positions in the FTSE 100 held by a director from a minority ethnic group (18%).
FTSE 250
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%
There were 211 ethnic majority directors, representing 230 director positions.
The number of positions held by ethnic minorities accounts for 13.5% all 1,701 positions. This represents a two and a half percentage point increase from 2022 when there were 188 out of 1,749 positions in the FTSE 250 held by a director from a minority ethnic group (11%).
FTSE 100
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%
13% of senior managers in FTSE 100 companies are minority ethnic, with females being 36% of this population.
FTSE 250
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%
12% of senior managers in FTSE 250 companies are minority ethnic, with females being 35% of this population.
FTSE 100
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%
66 out of the 186 ethnic minority directors are British citizens.
This represents 7% of all positions in the FTSE 100 which is up one percentage point from last year.
FTSE 250
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%
120 out of the 211 ethnic minority directors are British citizens,
representing 8% of the 1,701 total director positions in the FTSE 250.
Full report data is available on the Reports section