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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany believes increasing diversity at boardroom level is the key to unlocking change at every other level of football.<\/p>\n

Last week the Football Association released figures showing the football clubs who had voluntarily pledged to improve their ethnic and gender diversity through the Football Leadership Diversity Code had collectively failed to hit any of their annual targets.<\/p>\n

Fifty-three clubs have signed up to the FLDC, which is in its third year and which sets voluntary targets in four areas of recruitment \u2013 senior leadership roles, team operations, coaching in the men\u2019s game and coaching in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

But figures for the last 12 months show clubs failing to achieve success in any category.<\/p>\n

Senior leadership hiring of black, Asian and mixed heritage candidates is set at 15 per cent, but clubs only achieved 9.1 per cent. In men\u2019s clubs, the target for new coaching hires from a black, Asian or mixed heritage background was 25 per cent but clubs only managed 16 per cent.<\/p>\n

Asked what he thought could be done to improve those figures, Kompany said change must come from the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d like to think over time this is going to evolve,\u201d the 37-year-old said. \u201cI\u2019ve always made the point clearly and I think in this day and age it\u2019s even more important \u2013 what is the diversity in a boardroom, the levers of power?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe coaching, you give the job to the best people but I think the diversity, where it\u2019s really needed is where the power is, that\u2019s what affects everything we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a boardroom that\u2019s diverse, you can\u2019t brush things under the carpet. These things will get solved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where it’s really needed is where the power is, that’s what affects everything we’re doing.<\/p>\n

The latest figures show that within the 53 club signatories, 21 per cent of senior leaders and 29 per cent of team operations are female and seven per cent of senior leaders and nine per cent of team operations are black, Asian or mixed heritage.<\/p>\n

Across the coaching workforce, 13 per cent of coaches and 11 per cent of senior coaches are black, Asian or mixed heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have 15 (job) applications and management and the board have got opinions from different walks of life, you can\u2019t just brush it under the carpet, it goes through everything\u2026\u201d Kompany added.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday you have to choose between black and white, pro this or against this, but I think once you have a little bit of diversity you get much closer to the truth. The reality is, yes there isn\u2019t enough but the truth is that\u2019s only what we see. What\u2019s behind it is more important to bring balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it\u2019s balanced it\u2019s going to be more fair and when it\u2019s more fair it will take a little bit of pressure away from the whole debate I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

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