The non-exec trainer pushing for better diversity on fund boards

'It's about outcomes'

Sophie King
clock • 5 min read

MosaicNeds founding partner Paul Boughton speaks to Professional Adviser's Sophie King about why the sector needs to focus on improving diversity on fund boards and how his new initiative will help change that.

With experience in the industry spanning more than three decades, Paul Boughton (pictured) certainly knows what he is talking about when it comes to diversity in the industry.  Not only does Paul Boughton have sound experience in senior sales, sales management and business management roles, but he is now a founding partner of MosaicNED, a unique programme that trains and places independent non-executive directors (iNEDs) onto fund boards.  Following the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Asset Management Market Study in 2017, Boughton saw the demand for independent non-executive dire...

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