The Female FTSE Board Report 2009Norway and Spain join our Census to benchmark corporate boards

By Dr Ruth Sealy, Professor Susan Vinnicombe OBE and Elena DoldorWith contributions from Dr Celia de Anca and Dr Marit Hoel

Agenda

08.15 Dame Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson

08.23 Rona Fairhead, CEO, Financial Times Group

08.30 Maria Eagle MP Minister of State for Justice and Deputy Minister for

Women & Equalities

08.45 Professor Susan Vinnicombe and Dr Ruth SealyOverview of the Female FTSE 2009

09.10 Questions (Chaired by Rona Fairhead)Joining the panel will be:Dr Celia de Anca, Director, Center for Diversity in Global

Management, IE Business School, Madrid and Dr Marit Hoel, CEO, Center for Corporate Diversity, Oslo

09.30 Closing comments

Dame Majorie ScandinoChief Executive

Rona FairheadChief Executive

Marie Eagle MP

Minister of State for Justice and Deputy Minister for Women and Equalities

Key sponsors

Supporting sponsors:

Dr. Celia de AncaDirectorCenter for Diversity in Global ManagementIE Business SchoolMadridSpain

Dr Marit HoelCEOCenter for Corporate DiversityNorway

In collaboration with:

Female FTSE Index 2009

Female FTSE 100 2009 2008

Female held directorships

131 (12.2%)

131 (11.7%)

Female Executive directorships

17 (5.2%)

17 (4.8%)

Female NEDs114

(15.2%)114

(14.9%)Women holding directorships 113 113

Banking Sector

YearNo. of banks in FTSE 100

No of banks with female

directors

Total no. female

directors in banks

Percentage female

directors in banks

2004 8 8 16 12.8%

2009 5 3 7 9.3%

David Walker who is currently carrying out a review of corporateGovernance for the Treasury, was recently quoted as saying:

“Boards aren’t golf-club committees, they are challenging environments. The climate – the culture – has to change materially. Challenging the Board environment, rocking the boat, is very important.”

Female FTSE Index 2009

Female FTSE 100 2009 2008

Companies with female executive directors 15 16

Companies with at least one female director 75 17

Companies with multiple female directors 37 39

Companies with no female directors 25 22

Composition of Boards 2009

FTSE 100 Boards 2009 2008

Total FTSE 100 NEDs 748 763

Total FTSE 100 Executive Directorships 330 353

Total FTSE 100 Directorships 1078 1116

Multiple Directorships

FTSE 100 Boards

Total Directors

1 Seat 2 Seats 3 Seats 4 Seats

Male Directors 833

88.4% (736)

9.8% (82)

1.6% (13)

0.2% (2)

Female Directors 113

87.6% (99)

8.8%(10)

3.5% (4)

0

New Appointments

Female FTSE 100 2009 2008

New female appointments 23 16

New male appointments 133 133

Total new appointments 156 149

Female % of new appointments 14.7% 11%

New women on FTSE 100 Boards

Euleen Goh (Singapore) Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker (Netherlands) Ambassador Janice Obuchowski (USA)Betsy de Haas Holden (USA)Peggy Bruzelius (Sweden)Professor, Dr. Louise Fresco (Netherlands)Ann Marie Fudge (Netherlands)Sheelagh Whittaker (Canada)Anne Quinn (New Zealand)Dambisa Moyo (Zambia)Julia Wilson (UK)Zaure Zaurbekova (Kazakhstan)Inès ReinmannEvelyn Bourke (Ireland).

Executive Committee Members by Gender

Executive Committee Members2009

Female2008

Female

Executive Directors17

(4.8%)17

(4.8%)

Senior Executives175

(18.1%)139

(13.0%

FTSE 250 Companies andFemale Directors

At September 2009 FTSE 100 FTSE 250

Female-held directorships131

(12.2%)145

(7.3%)

Female executive directorships

17 (5.2%)

25 (3.8%)

Female non-executive directorships

114 (15.24%)

120 (9.0%)

175 women on FTSE 100Executive committees

Pipeline to FTSE 100 Boards

1692 women on other FTSE listed boards and senior

teams

414 women FTSE 250Boards and Exec Committees

Women Board Directors in the Nordic 500in 2004 & 2008

2008

CountryNo. of Female

Board Directors

Total Number Directors

% age Females

Norway 229 732 31.3%

Sweden 339 1550 21.9%

Finland 114 678 16.8%

Denmark 109 893 12.5%

TOTAL 792 3860 20.5%

Female Norway Top 100 2009

AS Companies

ASA (quota) Companies

Female-held directorships136

(26.9%)327 (30.5%)

Female Chairs7

(10.8%)2

(5.7%)

Female executive directorships

93(17.2%)

41(16.6%)

Companies with women on Executive Board

47(72.3%)

25(71.4%)

Companies with no women on Executive Board

18(27.7%)

110 (28.6%)

The 2007 Conthe Code

“When the number of female Board members is small or zero,the Board needs to explain the reasons why, as well as theinitiatives undertaken to correct such situation and, in particular,that the Nomination Committee will provide that, whenincorporating new Board members:

(a) The selection process does not have any bias that may hinder the nomination of women board members;

(b) The company is deliberately looking for, and will include as potential candidates, women that may fulfil the required profile (Unified Good Governance Code, 2006, p 18.)”

Equality Law, 2007

According to Article 75

“Companies … will endeavour to include a sufficient number of women on their Boards of Directors to reach a balanced presence of women and men within eight years of the entry into effect of this act”,

Balanced presence being defined by the law as 40/60 of either sex.

Female Directors Evolution in Spain 2006 - 2008

Most Liquid Spanish Listed Companies

2006 2008

Female-held directorship 86 (6.2%)111

(7.6%)

Companies with female executive directors

11 (8.7%)6

(4.6%)

Companies with multiple female directors

11 (8.7%)25

(19.2%)

Companies with at least one female director

60 (40.2%)

72 (55.4%)

Companies with no female directors67

(52.8%)58

(44.6%)

Female Directors in Spanish IBEX Companies 2006 - 2009

IBEX35 Spanish Listed Companies 2006 2009

Companies with at least one female director

19 (54.3%)

26(74%)

Total number of female directors 26 (5.2%) 48 (9.5%)

Female executive directorships 42

(2.4%)

Using the “comply or explain” principle, companieswith a lower proportion would have to explain if theyproposed to fill a vacancy with a man. Chairmen of companies with all-male boards – a quarter of theFTSE 100 – should explain in the annual report whythey think this is acceptable.

Questions