UK loses to Ireland

Carr, Rosslare port’s general manager. “Industry wanted stability in the supply chain. We adapted.”

FOR the first time, women account for more than 40 per cent of board roles in the UK’s biggest companies.

The government­backed FTSE Women’s Leaders Review also found that only 10 of the country’s 350 largest listed companies had all­male executive teams.

The number of women on the boards of FTSE 100 and mid­sized FTSE 250 companies rose by 3 per cent over the last year. Nevertheless, the review noted that UK companies were failing to appoint women to leadership positions below board level at the same rate. Women occupied only 33.5 per cent of these posts, the review said.