“We don’t like suggesting the men’s team is above that,” Bullingham added. “Sarina’s doing a great job in what she’s doing. Secondly,I don’t like the language,when we say ‘should it be the best man for the job’. I think it’s the best person for the job.
“It’s the best person for the job,if that person was a woman,why not? But you analyse the candidate pool for any job at a particular time. Do I think there’s a really strong diverse pool from both men and women for any big national job? No,I think the talent pool is small for both actually,but I don’t like the mindset of ‘it has to be a man’.”