The two women left running FTSE 100 companies Cynthia Carroll's decision to quit Anglo American leaves Ms Cooper as one of only two women in charge of FTSE 100 companies. But when Ms Cooper was appointed, she dismissed the notion of quotas to bolster the number of women on boards. I have a very straightforward view. Boards should make selections on the basis of merit, business and leadership capabilities," she said. I'm appalled by the idea of regulation in the area of forced distributions on boards. I find that quite rude to women and it's not something I would support at all," she added at the time. The mother of two girls, Ms Cooper was educated at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston-upon-Thames and Bristol University. She likes a pint of Guinness and a cigar. Angela Ahrendts, Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts became chief executive of Burberry, the brand behind the iconic trench coat and camel check, in July 2006. She had served as an executive director at the luxury label since January 2006 and had previously worked at companies including Claiborne and Donna Karan. During her tenure, shares in Burberry have jumped from 425p to £11.32. Sales have surged as the 156-year old fashion house has fostered an appetite for its clothes and accessories in luxury-hungry emerging markets such as China. However, the revival of the company suffered one of its biggest setbacks yet last month as it said like-for-like sales in Burberry's stores have been flat year-on-year over the last 10 weeks and fallen in the last two weeks. Burberry blamed the deterioration on global macroeconomic conditions. The brand will try to boost sales by launching "high impact" new products quicker. Burberry's burgeoning presence in China was illustrated last year when the brand opened a new flagship store in Beijing. During a rare interview, she told The Daily Telegraph about Burberry's focus on China: "In China you've got six people buying for one child. But the thing is you've got the largest rising upper-middle class in the world. "Asia Pacific will very quickly be a third of the business and in the next three to five years it will easily be half of the business and we'll see from there," she added. One of the key planks of the Burberry revival has also been its use of technology. Building a community around Burberry is something that Ms Ahrendts has been obsessed with since she joined.She has pioneered the use of social networking sites, webcasts and in-store technology to build the brand. Asked why she was a reluctant interviewee who rarely speaks to the press, she said at the time: "It's not about me. It's just not. Nobody ever wants to talk about the team. I'm not shy but I have a job to do. I don't need the notoriety. I would rather people worry about building the company, our results, and that is what we are most proud of," she added. Last year, she took home £15.6m through a mixture of pay, bonus, cashing-in shares and a clothes allowance. The package made the American mother-of-three one of Britain's best paid chief executives.