Should trustee boards increase their diversity?

Jonathan Stapleton says schemes could benefit from more representative trustee boards

Jonathan Stapleton
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Does the pensions industry have a problem with women? Last week's Pensions Buzz on gender diversity on trustee boards threw up some surprising results.

First, the majority of respondents (55%) thought trustee boards lacked gender diversity (PP Online, 7 February). Perhaps more surprisingly, around 30% of respondents felt members were not proper...

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