Will BHP’s top investors start pushing for further female appointments? I wonder. Although boardroom blokes get bashed for barely reaching the 25% target for female directors, of the fund managers who actually wield the most external power, only 7% are women.
And in the US, whose investment houses own large swathes of the FTSE, it’s only 2%. Anecdotal evidence suggests the numbers are falling.
Footsie boards are slowly getting their act together after years of naming and shaming, rightly promoted by Government. Surely it’s time for fund management paymasters to be treated the same.
