 Marcus Agius
Chairman of Barclays plc
“We are proud to be associated with the Professional Boards Forum and to share its aim of increasing boardroom diversity. As Chairman of Barclays, one of my key responsibilities is ensuring that the business benefits from a high quality Board comprising individuals with an appropriate range of skills and experiences.
A fundamental part of achieving that objective is building a Board that is diverse in all senses of the word. In order to increase the diversity of the Board we will seek to appoint more female Directors, while always ensuring that all Directors are appointed on merit. In fact we aim to ensure that at least 20 per cent of our Board is made up of women by the end of 2013 and for that position to have exceeded 25 per cent by the end of 2015.”
 David Thomlinson
Accenture Managing Director, UK & Ireland
“Accenture UK is proud to sponsor the Professional Boards Forum and their work to improve diversity in the boardroom. Sponsoring the non-executive director board appointments of our most skilled and capable women is a critical step in our overall diversity journey. It will bring new approaches, skill sets and styles
of leadership to the business today, and at the same time prepare us for a better tomorro.”
 Greg Wood
Co-Founder of BoardEx
“BoardEx is delighted to partner with the PBF. Our network analysis of the 250,000 leading business people on BoardEx shows that, in across every quoted company in the UK only 6.6% of NED’s are female – this provides some context to the role PBF are fulfilling within the context of gender diversity at board level,
Our database holds in-depth profiles of over 12,000 highly capable women executives with an immense amount to offer, currently holding executive positions in global organisations but yet to take on their first non-executive role. We wish the PBF every success in helping corporate UK refining the structure of UK boards.”
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 Sir Philip Hampton
Chairman of RBS Group plc
“I am a supporter of encouraging women to take up Board positions; this is not about meeting quotas but about selecting the best people for the job. At Sainsbury’s our female board members all add huge value in their own right, often bringing a different perspective to critical business issues from which we all benefit”.
 Ian Powell
Chairman PwC UK
"I am delighted to be involved with the Professional Boards Forum. At PwC one of our key priorities is the identification and advancement of top female talent. We have too few women at Executive Board level where at best we mirror the demo-graphics of business both in the UK and globally. This is a serious concern for us but we are determined to change by focusing on talent management and leadership succession planning.
We are very deliberately taking specific actions to ensure the rich diversity of talent that we attract to PwC is reflected at every level of the organisation. I am optimistic about future change as today we have more female partners than ever before in our history. Our challenge now is to ensure they are well placed to assume leadership roles in the near future by giving them the best opportunities, access to key influencers and ongoing development and support."
 Sir John Bond
Chairman of Vodafone plc
"At Vodafone our goal is to attract and retain
the best talent. We recognise that we have an opportunity to make a significant improvement in the area
of gender diversity, where we would like to ensure that our employee base is reflective of our global customer base
at all levels of the organisation, including our Board of Directors.
We are particularly proud to be associated with the Professional Boards Forum, as the Forum provides many
companies and chairmen the opportunity to be connected with a fresh pool of candidates for non-executive directorships: highly skilled and capable women.
The Forum enables chairmen to experience what these women can bring to their Boards, particularly those whose Boards have low female representation. I believe firmly that it is in Vodafone's interest, and in the interest of UK business, to build Boards which are rich in diversity and experience and that events like this will help us to achieve just that."
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