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Men and Women Working Together for Real Change Men and women working together for real change 31 May 2016 The 30% Club . The 30% Club is a group of Chairs and CEOs taking action to create a better balance of men and women at all levels of their organisations as a business imperative rather than a ‘women’s issue’ . The Club launched in the UK in 2010 with a goal of a minimum of 30% women on FTSE-100 boards. There are now 194 members of the UK Club and the proportion of female FTSE-100 directors has risen from 12.5% to 26% . As of 2016 we have extended the scope of the above target and the goal is a minimum of 30% women on FTSE- 350 boards by end 2020 (currently at 22.2%) . In tandem with this – and in order to ensure that this 30% remains sustainable – we are also aiming to reach a minimum of 30% women on Executive Committees of FTSE-100 companies by 2020 (currently at circa 15%). The 30% Club is becoming an international community. It complements and amplifies individual company efforts and existing groups through collaboration, measurable goals and joined-up actions . The 30% Club does not believe in mandatory quotas. Instead, the 30% Club is aiming for meaningful, sustainable, business-led change, as recommended by Lord Davies . Scarce representation of women at senior levels is a global phenomenon. Local 30% Clubs have been launched in the US, Hong Kong, Ireland, Southern Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Italy and the GCC. Business leadership: the catalyst for accelerating real change 1 Women on UK Boards – a breakthrough 30.0 26.0 FTSE-100: % women directors 25.0 25.0 1999-2016 23.0 19.3 20.0 17.4 15.0 15.0 12.6 11.7 12.2 9.4 10.0 6.9 5.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Professional Boards Forum BoardWatch. Data kindly provided by BoardEx and The Female FTSE Board Report . 61 FTSE-100 companies now have at least 25% women on their boards . 31 FTSE-100 companies have already reached 30% . 31.3% women non-executive directors – focus is now on executive roles . FTSE-250 seeing strong improvements from a low base; now 16 all-male boards down from 131 in 2010 An epiphany over the past 5 years in the UK: now seen as a business issue not a women’s issue 2 30% Club UK Members FTSE-100 Patrick O’Sullivan, Chair, Old Mutual* John Allan, Chair, Barratt Developments/ Tesco/ London First Sir John Parker, Chair, Anglo American/ Ombu Group/ Pennon Group Richard Baker, Chair, Whitbread* Sir John Peace, Chair, Burberry*/ Standard Chartered Chartered John Barton, Chair, EasyJet*/ Next*/ Catlin Group Sir Michael Rake, Chair, BT Group Donald Brydon, Chair, Sage/ London Stock Exchange John Stewart, Chair, Legal & General Group* Dame Alison Carnwath, Chair, Land Securities* Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chair, BP/ AB Volvo Sir Roger Carr, Chair, BAE Systems* Robert Swannell, Chair, Marks & Spencer*/ Shareholder Executive Stuart Chambers, Chair, ARM Holdings/ Rexam Sidney Taurel, Chair, Pearson* Ian Davis, Chair, Rolls Royce Michael Treschow, Chair, Unilever* Andrew Duff, Chair, Severn Trent*/ Elementis David Tyler, Chair, Hammerson/ Sainsbury’s* Sir Charles Dunstone, Chair, Dixons Carphone/ TalkTalk Mark Wilson, CEO, Aviva** Douglas Flint, Chair, HSBC Holdings* Sir Peter Gershon, Chair, National Grid*/ Tate & Lyle FTSE-250 John Gildersleeve, Chair, British Land Dame Helen Alexander, Chair, UBM Sir Gerry Grimstone, Chair, Standard Life* Charles Berry, Chair, Senior/ Weir Sir Philip Hampton, Chair, GlaxoSmithKline Allan Cook, Chair, WS Atkins*/ SEMTA Rick Haythornthwaite, Chair, Centrica Geoff Cooper, Chair, Card Factory/ Bourne Leisure/ Truth Corps Andrew Higginson, Chair, WM Morrisons/ N Brown* Ian Durant, Chair, Greggs*/ Capco Dr Franz Humer, Chair, Diageo* Anita Frew, Chair, Croda International Susan Saltzbart Kilsby, Chair, Shire* Stephen Koseff, Chair, Investec John McFarlane, Chair, Barclays*/ TheCityUK Paul Lester, Chair, John Laing Fund/ Greenergy/ Survitec/ Norland/ Peverel/ Parabis/ Essentra Sir Adrian Montague, Chair, Aviva Group Greg Lock, Chair, Computacenter Glen Moreno, Chair, Virgin Money* Frank Meysman, Chair, Thomas Cook Group* Preben Prebensen, CEO, Close Brothers Group plc * Sir Nigel Rudd, Chair, Meggitt/ Heathrow Airport Holdings/ Business Growth Fund Martin Thomas, Chair, Lancashire Holdings* * 30% or more women on its Board as at May 2016 3 ** 30% or more women on its Executive Committee as at May 2016 30% Club UK Members (ctd) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Nick Owen, Chair, Deloitte UK Nicolas Aubert, CEO, Willis Towers Watson GB Stephen Parish, Global Vice Chair; Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia, Norton Rose John Banister, CEO, Wiggin Fulbright Mark Bomer, Senior Partner, BDO Ian Powell, Chair and Senior Partner, PwC UK William Boss, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons Paul Rawlinson, Managing Partner, Baker & Mackenzie Marcus Bowman, Managing Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP Christopher Saul, Senior Partner, Slaughter and May Edward Braham, Senior Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Paul Smith, Chair, Eversheds Michael Chissick, Managing Partner, FieldFisher Alexander Y. Thomas, Global Managing Partner, Reed Smith Jeremy Cohen, CEO UKMEA, Dentons Ben Tidswell, Chair, Ashurst Simon Collins, Chair and Senior Partner, KPMG UK Steve Varley, Chair and UK&I Managing Partner, EY David Cruickshank, Chair, Deloitte Global Penelope Warne, Senior Partner and Chair of the UK Board, CMS Cameron McKenna Fiona Dunsire, UK Market Leader and CEO, Mercer UK FINANCIAL SERVICES Robert Elliott, Senior Partner, Linklaters Mark Austen, Chair LV= Asset Management Richard Foley, Senior Partner, Pinsent Masons James Bardrick, Citi Country Officer, UK, Citi Michael Francies, Managing Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Sir Brian Bender, London Metal Exchange Charlie Geffen, Chair of the London Corporate Practice Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Ana Botín, Chair, Santander Christine Hodgson, Chair, CapGemini /The Careers & Enterprise Roger Cobley, Chair, Stamford Associates Company Michael Cole-Fontayn, Chair, BNY Mellon EMEA David Hudd, Deputy CEO, Hogan Lovells Noreen Doyle, Chair, Credit Suisse International Matthew Layton, Managing Partner, Clifford Chance Karin Forseke, Chair, Sisters Capital Lisa Mayhew, Managing Partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner Euan Fraser, Global CEO, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Mike McTighe, Chair, WYG plc Hans Georgeson, Managing Director, Architas David Morley, Worldwide Senior Partner, Allen & Overy Richard Gnodde, Co-CEO, Goldman Sachs International Ann Olivarius, Senior Partner, McAllister Olivarius Bill Gourlay, CEO, Idea Group Chris Osborne, Co-Chair, Europe, Middle East and Africa, FTI John Heaps, Chair, Yorkshire Building Society Consulting 4 30% Club UK Members (ctd) FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTINUED CORPORATE Lady Barbara Judge, Chair Institute of Directors / Pension Protection Fund Miranda Curtis, Chair, Waterstone’s Rich Laxer, President and CEO, GE Capital International Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust Julie Meyer, Chair and CEO, Ariadne Capital Robert Gillespie, Chair The Boat Race Company Helena Morrissey, Chair, The Investment Association Peter Hickson, Chair, Chemring John Nelson, Chair, Lloyd’s of London Brent Hoberman, Chair, mydeco.com / made.com Sir Simon Robertson, Founder, Simon Robertson Associates Tessa Laws, Chair, Bagir Group Limited William Rucker, Chair, Crest Nicholson / CEO Lazard UK Lord Leitch, Chair, Bupa, Intrinsic Financial Services and FNZ Andrew Sibbald, Senior Managing Director, Vice Chair and CEO of Sir George Iacobescu, Chair and CEO, Canary Wharf Group Europe, Evercore Charlie Mayfield, Chair, John Lewis and UK Commission for Employment & Paul Smith, President and CEO, CFA Institute Skills Sir David Walker, Chair, Winton Capital Group Ahmed Mazhari, SVP, Genpact Bob Wigley, Chair, Tantalum Corporation Andrew Morrison, President, Large Enterprise Europe, Xerox UK Limited Roger Yates, Chair, Pioneer Investments James Muir, Volkswagen UK Peter Norris, Chair, Virgin Group Holdings RECRUITMENT/ EXECUTIVE SEARCH Alex Ricard, Chair & CEO Pernod Ricard Chris Cooke, CEO, NP Group Debra Searle, Founder, MIX Diversity Developers Karen B. Greenbaum, President and CEO, AESC Shoshana Stewart, CEO, Turquoise Mountain Brian Hamill, Chair, Redgrave Partners James Haspel, Managing Partner, J. D. Haspel UNIVERSITIES & HIGHER EDUCATION Sharon Mullen, Founding Director, Mullwood Partnership Apurv Bagri, Chair, London Business School Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, V-C, University of Cambridge COMMUNICATIONS/ MEDIA Dame Glynis Breakwell, V-C, University of Bath Susan Gilchrist, CEO, Brunswick Group Hazel Brooke, Chair of Court, Glasgow Caledonian University Debbie Klein, CEO, Engine Europe and Asia Garry Coutts, Chair of Court, University of the Highlands and Islands Sir Alan Parker, Chair, Brunswick Group Jennifer Craw, Member of Board of Governors, Robert Gordon University Clare Parsons, Chair, Lansons Geoff Dawson, Chair of Board of Governors, Sheffield Hallam University 5 30% Club UK Members (ctd) UNIVERSITIES & HIGHER EDUCATION CONTINUED Dame Nancy Rothwell, President & V-C, University of Manchester The Earl of Derby, President of the Council, University of Liverpool Fiona Sandford, Chair of Court, University of Stirling Professor Alistair Fitt, V-C, Oxford Brookes University Eric Sanderson, Chair of Court, University of Dundee Professor Simon Gaskell, President & Principal, Queen Mary University Professor Nigel Seaton, Principal and V-C, Abertay University of London Professor Christina Slade, V-C, University of Bath Spa Muriel Gray, Chair of Board of Governors, Glasgow School of Art Janet
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