'A disappointing picture': Report warns women remain under-represented on energy industry boards

Stuart Stone
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'A disappointing picture': Report warns women remain under-represented on energy industry boards

Study from POWERful Women initiative confirms more women are being appointed to senior management positions, but one-in-five energy firms still have no women on their boards and out of 80 companies just four have female CEOs

The drive to increase the number of women appointed to board positions at the UK's leading energy companies appears to have stalled, according to the latest progress report released today by the POWERful...

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