Women hold a third of board roles in UK's top public companies

But government's Hampton-Alexander review is struggling to reach second major gender diversity target Women now hold a third of board positions in the UK's top public companies, almost a year sooner than expected. The latest data allows the government's Hampton-Alexander review to claim it has hit one of its two key gender diversity targets ahead of schedule, after it set a goal in 2016 of women filling 33% of board seats in the top 350 UK listed companies by the end of this year.