Persimmon criticised over boardroom gender diversity

By Hamish Champ2018-04-18T06:00:00

Housebuilder named and shamed over target failure

Persimmon is one of more than a dozen FTSE100 companies to have been rapped across the corporate knuckles for failing to meet gender diversity targets at board level.

The Investment Association (TIA), which represents investment managers across the UK who look after nearly £7tn-worth of assets, has written to 35 FTSE firms with low female representation at leadership level, calling for change.

Persimmon, whose chief executive Jeff Fairburn came under fire earlier this year after the company confirmed his £47m remuneration package, was among those FTSE100 firms whose combined executive committees and direct reports have low proportions of women.

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