Boards perform best when they include the best people who come from a wide range of diverse perspectives and backgrounds. The boardroom is where strategic decisions are made, governance is enforced and risks are overseen. It is therefore essential that boards of directors are made up of competent and highly qualified people who together offer a mix of skills, experience and background. Therefore, the question will pose the question here: do men perform better on boards than women simply because they are men? Research does not support this hypothesis. In fact, research has stated that appointments to boards of directors must always be made on the basis of merit and not on the basis of gender distinction, assigning the role to the most qualified person. However, given evidence of how women have achieved the highest level of qualifications and leadership positions in many areas of life, the fact remains that there is an underrepresentation of women on corporate boards. Therefore, raising questions about skills, experience and performance incorporates those of skills, experience and performance. Therefore, government and businesses can undertake a review of their recruitment process by examining the current situation, identify the barriers and then make recommendations to discuss this imbalance, thus achieving an increase in the number of women on corporate boards in the UK . Women on boards: why does it matter? The topic here is to improve business performance while promoting equal opportunities for women. There is a strong business argument for balanced boards. The expectation of the board is to be global and diverse in order to better understand the needs of clients and stakeholders and benefit from new perspectives and ideas, a vigorous c...... middle of paper...... ty in the boardroom and Firm Financial Performance Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 83, No.3, p.435.3) Catalyst. (2004-2008). The end result: corporate performance and representation of women on boards. Swiss. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/bottom-line-corporate-performance-and-womens-representation-boards.4) “Female FTSE Report,” (2009). Retrieved from Cranfield School of Management.5) Tingley,JC (1993). Genderflex: ending the gender war in the workplace. New York: American Marketing Associates.6) Vinnicombe, S. (2008). Women on corporate boards: international research and practice.7) Mc Kinsey & Company. (2007) Women Matter: “gender Diversity, a Corporate Performance Diver” Retrieved from http://www. mckinsey.com.8) Zehnder, E. (2010). Analysis of diversity on European boards of directors 2010: It is becoming increasingly easier to find women on European boards of directors?