Lord Davies, who…reviewed boardroom equality for the government, was criticised for failing to recommend a compulsory quota system to improve representation of women…But it seems that Davies's mere threats of further action if companies did not get their act together have paid off…According to analysis…Britain's biggest companies have doubled the number of women they are recruiting to their boards in the past six months. FTSE 100 firms have appointed 18 women to their boards since 24 February…The female board appointments represent 31% of the total made over the period, well over twice the proportion seen in any previous year. [refers to British Land, SABMiller, GlaxoSmithKline, Royal Bank of Scotland, Whitbread]