UK: listed company board diversity and the Davies review

Lord Davies will make recommendations next month designed to address the low proportion of women on listed company boards. A few days ago, on the Guardian newspaper website, he provided an update on his work and set out his thoughts on various matters: see here. For example, with regard to quotas, he noted that their use had proved successful in other countries and whilst he had not ruled them out as a recommendation he stated that he was not, at the moment, convinced that they were the right method to adopt.