FTSE 350: Increase in female Board members inspiring the next generation

The number of female Board members in FTSE 350 companies has increased in the past five years and this will encourage more young women to pursue top jobs.

39% of the first-time appointees to FTSE 350 Boardrooms were women in 2014. It is a sharp increase from 2013 when that number was 28%. Korn Ferry’s Class of 2014 report shows that just 11% of new board level hires were women in 2007.

Octavius Black is the CEO at the business psychology firm Mind Gym. He believes the increase in female hires will encourage more women to pursue Board-level jobs.

Speaking exclusively to Recruitment Grapevine, Black says: “More female Board members mean more role models for women in business, which will help to grow the female talent pipeline and encourage other women to step up.