Almost half – or 47 per cent – of first-time appointments to the FTSE 350 were female in 2012, compared to just 11 per cent in 2007.
The percentage of women on FTSE 100 boards is still 17.4 per cent – up from 12.5 per cent at the time of Lord Davies’ report, but it hasn’t moved since August last year.
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