Governance research and press coverage
Weekly governance ratios, publications, and media mentions from our research programme.
Latest issues
International diversity on boards · 2% — of SBF 120 board seats are held by nationals of the Asia-Pacific region · 8% in the FTSE 100
Average age of board chairs · 67 years — in the FTSE 100
AGM 2026 update #8 — SBF 120 resolution votes · 53 — Say on Pay resolutions approved with less than 80% support · Votes at the 2026 AGMs of 109 companies as at 1 July 2026
AGM 2026 update #7 — SBF 120 resolution votes · 96% — the average approval rate for resolutions at the 2026 AGMs
SBF 120 — CEO fixed pay · +3% — on average in 2026 against 2025
State-owned enterprises — transparency of board remuneration policy · 25% — of commercial companies in Europe disclose their remuneration policy
In the media
Artificial intelligence is redrawing the paths to diversity
As relational skills gain ground, commercial roles move back to the centre of value creation — and raise the question of where women will stand in tomorrow's circles of power.
CAC 40: 31% women on executive committees, but only 10% in top management roles
The Rixain law delivered on executive committees. It has not broken the glass ceiling that blocks the way to the chief executive's office.
Women in leadership: a long fight to break the glass ceiling
Since March, the Rixain law has required French companies with at least 1,000 employees to reach a 30% quota of women among senior executives and leadership bodies. The obligation is already bearing fruit, even if it does not always come with real cultural change.
European governance has fallen behind on technology and geopolitics
Catching up. Europe holds its lead on board diversity and structure, but its boards lack the strategic capacity to face a world in flux, finds the 2026 barometer of the European Confederation of Directors' Associations (ecoDa), produced with Ethics & Boards.
Women in leadership: "As long as the operational pipelines stay unbalanced, access to the top will be too"
Quotas succeeded in bringing women onto boards. But the doors of executive committees remain too often closed to them, says Denis Terrien of the Institut Français des Administrateurs.
"There are not many laggards left": the CAC 40 companies playing the game on women in leadership — and the others
From 1 March, the law sets a 30% quota of women among senior executives and leadership bodies at large companies, rising to 40% in 2029. Marie-Pierre Rixain, who initiated the text, is confident.
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