Talented Women Across the FTSE 350 Recognised at WeQual Awards

Eight talented women in business across a variety of FTSE 100 and 250 companies were recognised by the WeQual Awards last night.

More than 250 senior executives – including 18 CEOs – of FTSE 100 and 250 companies attended a glittering ceremony at The Savoy hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

The WeQual Awards have been designed to boost the number of talented women sitting on the executive committees of the UK’s biggest companies.

Aimed at those who are one step away from executive committee level – the ‘ExCo minus one’ – these awards honour talented women who are on the cusp of leadership at a time when FTSE companies have yet to significantly increase representation of women on executive committees.

Despite growing calls for change, women still represent only 25% of the Combined Executive Committee and Direct Reports across the FTSE 250. The majority (60%) of new appointments to senior roles continues to be men.

The awards’ unique judging process involved a blind assessment procedure – aimed at taking out any natural bias – followed by interviews of shortlisted candidates by a panel of prestigious judges, which included chairmen and women, CEOs and executive committee members of FTSE 350 companies.