The UK 's largest listed firms have a long way to go to meet the government - backed corporate gender equality target of 33%-female boards by 2020 . Women will have to be appointed to more than 40 % of boardroom positions in FTSE 350 firms over the next two years to meet the goal . A review by Hampton - Alexander has revealed that women make up just 25.5 % of all FTSE 350 directors . It also identified 10 “ dark ##room ” firms who had failed to appoint any female directors within the past two years . Those include Sports plc , Stobart Group and JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust .
The UK's largest listed firms have a long way to go to meet the government-backed corporate gender equality target of 33%-female boards by 2020. Women will have to be appointed to more than 40% of boardroom positions in FTSE 350 firms over the next two years to meet the goal. A review by Hampton-Alexander has revealed that women make up just 25.5% of all FTSE 350 directors. It also identified 10 “dark ages” firms who had failed to appoint any female directors within the past two years. Those include Sports Direct, Stobart Group and JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust.