Put women on boards, or we will
At SABMiller they heard the message and appointed two female new non-executive directors. That’s probably in response to Lord Davies of Abersoch’s independent report to the UK Government published in February 2011, in which he said that listed companies in the UK should aim for a minimum of 25 percent female representation by 2015. He gave chairmen six months – until September 2011 – to announce their aspirational goals.