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Alexander calls for boardroom diversity

By Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor

Published: May 17 2009 23:32 | Last updated: May 17 2009 23:32

Richard Lambert Helen Alexander and Martin Broughton of the CBI
Equality at work: Helen Alexander, centre, with director-general Richard Lambert, left, and outgoing president Martin Broughton

Boards composed entirely of white males can damage their businesses by indulging in narrow “groupthink”, says Helen Alexander, who is nominated on Monday as the first female president of the CBI employers’ group.

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