Female board members at FTSE 100 companies are paid 69 per cent less than their male counterparts, as the gender gap at the top of the UK’s largest companies remains.
Women took home an average of £335,953 for board roles at FTSE 100 companies last year, compared with an average of £1,073,445 paid to men, according to figures from Fox & Partners, the employment & partnership law specialists.
The gender gap for board director roles in FTSE 100 companies narrowed from 70 per cent in 2022 to 69 per cent last year. However, across the wider UK labour market the gender pay gap stood at 13.1 per cent in April 2024, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
Allison Kirkby of BT is the most recently appointed female chief executive
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