Green Park research: No black CEOs, chairs or CFOs at FTSE 100 companies

'Snowy peaks remain stubbornly white'

Lauren Mason
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The number of black leaders at FTSE 100 companies has fallen to zero, according to research from executive recruitment and diversity consultancy agency Green Park, whose annual Business Leaders Index recorded no black chairs, CEOs or CFOs for the first time since it began running its reports in 2014.

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