‘Mediocre’ Male Managers in Finance Hold Women Back, Report Says

  • All-male leadership teams common at smaller listed companies
  • Women in banking held to higher standards than men by industry
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From all-male leadership teams at listed companies to ‘mediocre’ male managers in finance, two separate reports Wednesday laid bare the scale of the challenge facing U.K. business if they want to bolster diversity.

Smaller companies in Britain’s FTSE All-Share Index are lagging behind their larger peers when it comes to having diverse representation on their boards, according to a report by Women on Boards UK.