White men an `endangered species` in UK boardrooms

by Dramelin 6:00 AM 0 comments

You are an endangered species and you are going to have to work twice as hard.
The chairman of Britain`s biggest retailer Tesco has said he was joking after telling an audience of aspiring non-executive directors (NED) that white men were "an endangered species" in UKboardrooms.
Clearly, white men are not literally an endangered species, but I was actually wanting the make the reverse point, which is that it is a great time for women and people of ethnic minorities who want to get on in business.
According to the Cranfield School of Management`s 2016 "Female FTSE Index" of the top 100 UK companies, Tesco ranked 33rd.
"The proportion of female directors among FTSE 100 companies is 26 percent, according to the Guardian, while only 10 percent of executives at those same firms are women.