Monthly Archives: November 2011
November 28th, 2011
Nick Clegg on the racial ‘ceiling’
In our latest Bulletin we report on Nick Clegg’s Scarman lecture dealing with the racial ‘ceiling’ in the UK and in banking and sport in particular. Particular attention grabbing quotes were on football: “how many black managers are there in the Premier League? Zero. “And in the top four divisions? There are just two, despite…
November 25th, 2011
Breaking the racial ‘ceiling’ in banking and sports
Once again we find ourselves being supportive of Nick Clegg’s campaign for greater social mobility. In his Scarman lecture, held 30 years after the Brixton riots, he said that banks and football clubs should do more to offer opportunities to ethnic minorities. He went on to say: “The real lesson from the last 30 years…
November 4th, 2011
Women on Boards
As it is six months since the Davies Report on ‘Women on Boards’ we look at the progress made. Women on Boards Anthony Hilton in the Evening Standard wrote a slightly tongue in cheek article about why men of a certain age build up a portfolio of Non Executive Director roles, thereby limiting such opportunities…
November 4th, 2011
Importance of having women at the top
In our Bulletin we look at the progress made since the Davies Report called for more female representation on FTSE 350 Boards. We would just like to quote Katherine Milkman, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, on one of the important aspects of this: “If women don’t look up from the lower rungs of…
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