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Figure 15


Proportion of directors holding 3 or more NED roles in public companies (%)


2013 European average Switzerland


United Kingdom Sweden


Netherlands France


Belgium Finland Norway


Germany Italy


Denmark Austria


Portugal


Spain 1% Poland 1%


15% 13% 11% 10% 8% 7% 4% 11% 28% 24% 23% 22% 21% 17%


Figure 16


Average number of years on the board


2013 European average Belgium Spain


France


Sweden Austria


Switzerland Germany Portugal Italy


Netherlands


United Kingdom Denmark Finland Norway Poland


6.1 7.8 7.0 6.6


6.5 6.5 6.5 6.4


6.0


5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5


4.9


4.6 4.6


2009 2013 Change % Figure 17


Average years on the board 2009 vs. 2013


* excluding Norway and Poland (not collected prior to 2011)


European average 5.5* 6.1 11%  Italy 4.2 5.7 36% 


United Kingdom 4.2 5.5 31%  Netherlands 4.3 5.6 30%  Portugal 4.8 6.0 25%  Belgium 6.7 7.8 16%  Spain 6.1 7.0 15% 


Germany 5.7 6.4 12%  Austria 5.8 6.5 12% 


Switzerland 6.2 6.5 5%  France 6.8 6.6 -3% 


Sweden 6.7 6.5 -3%  Finland 5.1 4.9 -4%  Denmark 6.8 5.5 -19%  Norway* n / a 4.6 Poland* n / a 4.6


n / a n / a


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