Women Count 2022 - the role, value and number of female executives in FTSE 350
The Pipeline – a leading diversity organisation that we are proud to support – has published its 7th annual Women Count report, where they looked at the number, role and value of women in FTSE 350 executive committees. The aim of this report is simply to make the results known, so that organisations can move towards sustainable gender diversity.
Key findings include that there are only 12 female CEOs, meaning that 96% of CEOs in FTSE 350 companies are men. In addition, the number of women who hold P&L roles is only at 16% - a figure from two years ago - with just 18% of CFO roles being held by women. These are two gateways to CEO roles. Alongside findings of the recently published Girl Day School Trust report, showing that young women between the ages of 9 and 18 are not inspired by our current leaders, supporting women into senior leadership roles could not be more important.
The Pipeline’s Co-Founders, Margaret McDonagh and Lorna Fitzsimons, say, “Our message is simple: recruit, retain and promote women by any means necessary. If you want to prosper, take a hammer to the glass ceiling in your firm. Don’t just talk about it, but do something. Instead of a diversity policy, why not write an action plan?”
The Pipeline run exceptional leadership programmes for women and organisations to develop their talent and to deliver better results. We are proud to support their programme, Top Flight, designed to prevent women in senior roles from leaving the workplace. Since 2014, more than 180 women have taken part in this programme.
If you are a client looking to improve gender diversity in your organisation, you can access the report here and find out more information about The Pipeline’s services here.
If you are a candidate who would like to find out more about Top Flight and the experiences of other candidates we have supported into the programme, please don’t hesitate to get in touch or connect with us/send a message on LinkedIn for details.
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