The female chief executives of the telecoms company TalkTalk and the Yorkshire-based power plant Drax are among the new appointees to the board of the Bank of England, which was heavily criticised for having insufficient women in senior positions.
The chancellor yesterday said that he had appointed Dido Harding of TalkTalk, Dorothy Thompson of Drax, and Don Robert, the chairman of Experian, as non-executive directors to serve on the Bank’s court.
Tomorrow, Ms Harding faces TalkTalk shareholders unhappy about her bonus package.
The three new non-executives will replace Lady Rice and Sir Roger Carr, who stepped down in June, and Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, who departed last year. Tim Frost, who joined in 2012 and spent the majority of his career with JP Morgan before