Nearly 20% of FTSE 250 Have All-White Boards, Missing Target

Nearly one-fifth of Britain’s mid-sized listed companies missed a deadline to have at least one ethnic minority director on their boards, according to a government-backed report.

The Parker Review set a voluntary target for companies in the FTSE 250 to have at least one non-White director by Dec. 31. While 82% met the criteria, the rest failed to do so or did not provide demographic data.

Still, Britain’s largest public companies have made big strides since the government launched the review in 2015, when more than half of all FTSE 100 company boards were all-White. Now, almost every blue-chip firm ...