Lord Davies of Abersoch has published the third annual progress report into Women on Boards. Three years on from the Davies’ review in 2011, the report shows a growing number of women in decision-making roles. The latest figures show that women now account for 20.7% of board positions in the FTSE100 – up from 12.5% in 2011 and 17.3% in April 2013. In all, women account for 231 of the 1,117 FTSE100 board positions and women account for 28% of all board appointments in 2013/14. Lord Davies originally set a target in 2011 of achieving 25% in 2015. In the FTSE 250 the figures show that women now account for 15.6% of overall board directorships, up from 13.2% in 2013.

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