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First female chief of a big pharma group will now need to build on last year’s performance
Emma Walmsley’s smaller salary reflects lack of CEO experience
Almost all directors says diversity on boards is good but many still refuse to act on it
Whitbread’s Alison Brittain guide for aspiring chief executives
Britain’s voluntary drive to put women on male-dominated boards has gone into reverse
Just 14 of Europe’s 350 largest groups have female chief executives
GSK taps Walmsley’s expertise as it prepares to become biggest British group with a female chief
Consumer goods veteran joined the pharmaceuticals group in 2010 from L’Oréal
Critical questions centre on drugmaker’s shape and strategy
CEO appointment cleaves to the diversification strategy of predecessor
Sir Andrew Witty to step down from helm of Britain’s biggest pharmaceuticals group in 2017
As group starts formal search for successor, four areas will determine how his tenure will be judged
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