If you are looking to have more women on boards, the key issue is whether you are looking for women whose backgrounds replicate those of the men ( FTSE firms’ excuses for lack of women in boardrooms ‘pitiful and patronising’ , 31 May). You won’t find many: there are far fewer women in the c-suite and even fewer chief executives of major companies.

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