In February 2011, the 2011 Davies Report called for substantial change in the boardrooms of the United Kingdom, noting a marked absence of women in boardrooms as non-executives. And while the report did not set mandatory quotas for women on U.K. boards, it suggested that FTSE 100 companies should strive to make their boards at least 25 percent female by 2015, with the expectation that many would achieve a higher figure than that.
