BAME diversity in FTSE companies

BAME* representation in FTSE companies

BAME diversity in the FTSE

2019	FTSE 100	FTSE 250	FTSE 350
Director Positions *	1,011	1,614	2,625
No of Directors	868	1,503	2.371
BAME (POC)	98	80	178
% BAME (POC) **	11.3%	5.3%	7.5%

Information from the Sir John Parker Review 2017, updated in 2020, on BAME diversity in FTSE companies * includes companies that did not respond to the Parker Review survey, ** where ethnicity was known. BAME is an acronym for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals. POC is an acronym for People of Colour.

There are 5,250 director positions in total in FTSE 100, 250 & 350 companies in total.

BAME directors represent about 8% of the total (compared to 14% of the UK population)

37% FTSE 100; 69% of FTSE 250 and 59% of FTSE 350 companies do not have any BAME directors.

Eight companies account for over 25% of the BAME directors.

Only 15 BAME (PoC) people hold the position of Chair or CEO

(Information from the Sir John Parker Review of the Ethnic Diversity of UK Boards. Data as of end-July 2017, updated in 2020. The term "people of colour" has been replaced with the term BAME for the sake of this document only).