Britain’s sole large listed company with no women on its board said has that it is not inclined to appoint a female director “just for the sake of it”.
Daejan Holdings, a FTSE 250 property group, is the only remaining business among Britain’s 350 largest quoted companies to have resisted pressure from the government’s Hampton-Alexander review body to stamp out all-male boardrooms.
The company, which owns buildings worth £2.4bn, said that the Orthodox Jewish beliefs of its controlling family should be considered.
