The proportion of women in the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) senior leadership team has fallen from 39% in 2016 to 36% in 2017, while ethnic minority numbers are also down.
The FCA published data on progress towards its diversity targets and the gender pay gap within the organisation on Monday. It had set itself a target for 45% of its senior leadership team to be women by 2020 and 50% by 2025 as part of its commitment to the Women in Finance Charter. However, the latest data, which is for March 2017, shows it is falling well short of reaching those targets. Pay gap The FCA's mean pay gap between male and female employees was found to be 19.28%, while its median pay gap was 20.91%. The regulator said this was not an equal pay issue, as it has a c...
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