the bbc news website carries the story of funke abimbola and her struggle to be treated fairly by employers commission which found that around a third of ftse100 companies have no ethnic minority representation on their boards. with me is anju solanki, founder of mea consulting group, a company advising firms on gender diversity. let's start with the state of the union address. i would imagine you had the pleasure of listening to some of that live while you

the bbc news website carries the story of funke abimbola and her struggle to be treated fairly by employers. it follows a report from an official equality commission which found that around a third of ftse 100 companies have no ethnic minority representation on their boards. with me is anju solanki, founder of mea consulting group, a company advising firms on gender diversity. let's start with the state of the union address. i would imagine you had the pleasure of listening to some of that live while you are on your way here this morning. what do you make of the reaction from the media? we are looking at bloomberg in particular. well, just having a look at the state of the union address, which is an annual ritual for the address, which is an annual ritualfor the president address, which is an annual ritual for the president to address congress on the state of the economy, and it really felt like this was more of a campaign rally, and looking at the article on bloomberg, they have really focused in on his optimism around the state of the economy, and his own patting on the back about the ach