lloyds sets 2020 non-white leadership target in ftse 100 first - white board

Britain's largest commercial bank has become the first FTSE 100 company to set a formal target for non-financial loans.
A white employee in a senior position.
Sky News confirmed the news, meaning Lloyds Bank Group identified 8% of its top 7,000 employees as black, Asian or minority (BAME)by 2020.
It's part of the group's 2018 plan to help Britain prosper.
Will be announced in conjunction with the annual results later this month
Designed to address "some of the biggest social and economic problems facing the UK today ".
Broader initiatives are expected to include new targets in areas such as lending to SMEs.
Lloyd's 8% BAME senior position representative target may mean the appointment of some 150 + Minority background persons to lead positions by the end of the decade.
The company also said it hopes that 10% of its approximately 70,000 employees will come from a BAME background by 2020.
The bank currently has five employees, including Halifax and Scottish Widows.
There are 6% senior managers in BAME, of whom 8 are.
3% of its total employee basewhite.
These figures are compared to 12% of the existing British workforce and 14% of the total population of ethnic minorities.
Fiona Cannon, managing director for business and inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group, said: "We recognize that companies with different management teams perform better and are publicly committed to creating a truly inclusive workforce.
"Our goal is to better reflect the customers and communities we serve.
"Our data shows that while we have made good progress, we believe that progress is too slow, so we are committed to bringing about change as soon as possible.
News sources told Sky News that Antonio Orta
Lloyd's chief executive Osorio is determined to set a meaningful goal for racial diversity, at which point all sorts of workplace discrimination are attracting huge political and public attention.
Lloyd's goal is voluntary and these figures may be distorted by any layoffs that occur during the three-year period
Mr. Horta's annual strategic plan for banks
Osorio will be announced when the results are announced.
The company decided to set a target for the proportion of BAME Associates employees, after proposing a target in 2013 that 40% of senior managers should be women by 2020.
This number is now over 34% and 1-
It's nine non-third.
Executive board members
Although none of the three executive directorsare women.
Royal Bank of Scotland then released the target set by Lloyds Bank in December.
It plans to more than double the number of non-delegates
By 2025, white people held leadership positions from 4% to 14%.
BAME's representative target at the top of the UK company has only recently begun.
Sir John Parker, a board member serving as chairman of water company Pennon, concluded in his comments of 2016 that FTSE 100 should have at least one non-
Become a member of the white board by 2021.