The chair of a report on ethnic diversity in the top ranks of British companies has said it will be “natural for white males to have fewer board seats” in the future due to the UK’s changing social demographics. Photograph: iStockThe chair of a report on ethnic diversity in the top ranks of British companies has said it will be “natural for white males to have fewer board seats” in the future due to the UK’s changing social demographics. There are no woman chief executives of FTSE 100 companies who are from an ethnic minority group. Within the FTSE 100, British Land and Pershing Square Holdings failed to meet the target for having one ethnic minority director. The Parker Review was commissioned by the government in 2015 to address the lack of ethnic diversity on UK boards.

Source: The Irish Times March 10, 2026 19:22 UTC