Professional trustee firms advocate for board diversity

DEI remains a low priority for many trustee boards compared to other governance issues

Martin Richmond
clock • 3 min read
Professional trustee firms advocate for board diversity

Professional trustee firms are playing a “critical” role in improving diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) among pension scheme boards, according to research commissioned by Cardano.

Data from the survey - conducted by Mallowstreet - found 75% of respondents sit on scheme boards where two-thirds of the board members are male. In addition, two-fifths indicated over half the boar...

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