U.K.'s ConvaTec Names First Female Director, Seeks Second
- Company was only FTSE-100 member with an all-male board
- Gent pledges to boost diversity, add independent directors
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ConvaTec Group Plc, the U.K. medical products company that has angered some investors because of the absence of women on its board, named Ros Rivaz as its first female director.
Rivaz, the 61-year-old former chief operating officer of Smith & Nephew Plc, will be a non-executive member of the board, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. ConvaTec had made its trading debut last October and later joined the U.K.’s benchmark FTSE 100 index, becoming the first company in the gauge to have an all-male board since June 2014.