Taylor says £75m is as "an achievable and stretching target".
"Maximus have an incredibly stretching target, to recover from a position where the WCA has almost fallen over.
While Davies set a target of 25% women on FTSE 350 boards, Hampton and Alexander will oversee efforts to reach a more stretching target of 33% by 2020.
Meanwhile, analysts remain unconvinced that this pipeline potential will be a sure-fire way to meet AstraZeneca's stretching target of increasing revenues by 75% over the next decade.
While RBS is adamant that it has met its targets under Project Merlin, the bank is referring to a lower "stretch" target of lending £68.8bn to small businesses rather than the so-called "capacity" target of £76bn.
Having a third of executive committees made up by women by 2020 is a very stretching target, and there will have to be sustained political and public pressure for this to be achieved".
"We know it's still achievable even with a stretching target, because many countries have proved it's possible, but we need a clear, coherent strategy on behalf of governments and for water access to be a global priority".
Having surpassed the medal target they set themselves and hit their more ambitious UK Sport "stretch target" the canoeists' successful Olympics has left them believing that they can become a force in the same way the cyclists have – despite competition from new places.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "These excellent figures show that we are on course to meet our stretching target to increase exports by 50% by 2017.
Labour will not say what the final level for the minimum wage would be, but a source said it would be a "stretching target".
For example, massage (Swedish and shiatsu) and stretching target muscle function; manual therapy/naprapathy target joint function; acupuncture/acupressure target pain modulation and qigong targets physical exercise and home treatment.
