The former chief executive of Standard Chartered Lord Davies of Abersoch, is to chair a evaluation gazing at ways to get further women into British boardrooms.

Lord Davies's selection was revealed yesterday by Ed Davey, who is the Business minister, expressed that the Government might guide by example on assortment, situating itself an objective of assigning women to half of all latest appointments to public bodies by the concluding of this Parliament.

According to Lord Davies yesterday whilst it is important that the panels of UK groups are meritocratic, the information that there are just 131 female directors in FTSE 100 groups means that they might not be utilizing all the proficiency and aptitude that build the workforce so spirited.

The colleague, who was trade minister in the Labor government, shall be able to move on to work in the private sector whilst he demeanor the review.