According to the results of the review, which were published today, 89 of FTSE 100 companies have appointed a director from a minority ethnic group, 11 of the companies did not meet the target.

This is up from the 74 which met the target in 2020 and is a sharp rise from five years ago when just over half of businesses had non-white communities in their boardrooms.

Of the 100 companies in the FTSE 100 that met the target, 47 of these companies had one minority ethnic director, 26 had two minority ethnic directors and 16 had more than two minority ethnic directors.